Cops nab suspect in series of Gravesend burglaries
Thanks to good police work, a suspect in a string of Gravesend burglaries has been arrested, and a stolen dog returned to its owner.
Plainclothes cops serving at the 62nd Precinct arrested Cory Gaudio, 23, on Thurs., Jan. 24 after recognizing him from surveillance video recorded at one of four homes that had been hit in the vicinity of West 12th Street and Highlawn Avenue.
According to the NYPD, the officers, P.O. Nicholas Occhipinti and P.O. Anthony Brucato, made the arrest at about 4:45 p.m. at the suspect’s home, where they recognized a golden retriever named Scooby that had previously been stolen from one of the homes that had been burglarized. The two cops also recognized several objects that had been reported stolen and that were left out in the open.