Four men allegedly caught in the act of stealing scrap in Bergen
Four men were allegedly caught in the act Sunday stealing scrap metal from a scrap yard on Route 33 in Bergen and after further investigation they may be facing upgraded charges, Chief Deputy Jerome Brewster said.
The four men were allegedly found on the scrap yard property when the owner's son drove by and spotted a suspicious vehicle parked near the lot.
It's not unusual, Brewster acknowledged, for scrap metal thieves from Rochester to hit locations in Genesee County.
"You know how scrap is these days and when you can go right to a scrap yard, it's like one-stop shopping," Brewster said.
The yard was apparently so attractive to the thieves, they allegedly got away with more than originally thought yesterday.
When they were arrested yesterday, they were charged with petit larceny, but the owner of the scrap yard visited a location in Rochester and was apparently able to prove more of his scrap was stolen earlier in the day.
That aspect of the case is being turned over to Rochester PD and the four men could face grand larceny charges as a result, Brewster said.
Arrested where Sekou Singhor Howard, 40, of Parkway, Rochester, Ricky Todd Williams, 54, of Parkway, Rochester, Isaac Brandon McCrea, 30, of North Union Street, Rochester, and Kenneth Russell Hernandez, 47, of Chesnut Street, Rochester.
All four men were issued appearance tickets.