A joint investigation involving the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police resulted in the arrest of a 39-year-old Town of Patterson man on multiple felonies.
On June 1, 2023, the MTA Police received a report of a stolen pickup truck from the Southeast Train Station, where the owner left the keys in the vehicle and doors unlocked. The vehicle was later recovered in the City of Yonkers. A couple of weeks later, on June 12th, the Sheriff's Office received a report of a stolen wallet from an unlocked vehicle parked in front of a residence on Route 312 in the Town of Southeast. Cash and credit cards were taken from the wallet, and the credit cards were used to make unauthorized purchases at businesses in Southeast, Mt. Kisco, and the Bronx.
On June 16th additional reports were made to MTA Police reporting the theft of a wallet from an unlocked vehicle at the Southeast Train Station, and stolen credit cards contained in the wallet were used to make unauthorized purchases at several local businesses. Within a few days, the vehicle that had the wallet stolen was taken as the owner had left the keys in it. The vehicle was recovered by MTA Police shortly after the theft, parked on a side street in the Putnam Lake section of Patterson.
An investigation by Sheriff's Investigators and MTA Police Detectives developed Thomas L. Capalbo as a suspect in the rash of thefts. On June 23rd at 12:30 pm, Sheriff Investigators and MTA Detectives arrested Capalbo without incident as he was getting off a train at the Town of Southeast Train Station. Capalbo was interviewed at the Sheriff's Office by Investigators and Detectives, where he admitted to committing the thefts.
Capalbo was charged by Sheriff's Investigators and MTA Police with several counts, each of Grand Larceny 4th and 3rd and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property 4th, all Felonies. Capalbo was arraigned on all the charges by Town of Southeast Justice Gregory Folchetti and released without bail for a future court appearance.
