STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A member of a three-gentleman crew which burglarized a Stapleton property in 2020 has gained himself new living quarters for the next few several years.
Leonardo Perez, 40, of St. George, has been sentenced to up to 5 years in prison for his function in the incident.
Also billed have been Perez’s accomplices, Michael Contreras, 34, of Huguenot, and Tylor Kennedy, 27, of Arrochar.
Authorities mentioned Perez and Contreras broke into a dwelling beneath renovation on the 200 block of Ward Avenue overnight on Feb. 17 into Feb. 18, 2020.
The pair broken a back again door and window and stole a bag stuffed with several tools, mentioned law enforcement.
Kennedy served as the lookout and getaway driver, mentioned a law enforcement source.
The operator had not however moved into the home, the supply explained.
Officers responding to a radio operate of a burglary in development stopped the defendants’ auto, a 2009 Prius, a shorter distance away on Willis Avenue, explained cops.
The defendants were arrested, and each individual was indicted on prices of burglary, tried burglary, felony mischief, petit larceny and stolen-home possession.
Past calendar year, Contreras and Kennedy every pleaded guilty in point out Supreme Court, St. George, to third-diploma burglary, a felony, to resolve their situations. Kennedy also pleaded guilty to felony mischief, a misdemeanor.
Perez, of Slosson Terrace, pleaded guilty to 3rd-degree theft in April.
In exchange, he was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 months to 5 many years behind bars.
Michael Cirigliano, his attorney, has declined remark on the scenario.
Contreras, meanwhile, faces two to four several years in jail. He awaits sentencing.
Last month, Kennedy’s felony burglary plea was vacated upon his profitable completion of a cure plan.
He was sentenced on May possibly 26 to a one particular-12 months conditional discharge for legal mischief, on the web condition court docket records display.