On July 9, at about 2:44 a.m., New Rochelle police responded to 969 Main St. on a report of a carjacking. A restaurant owner was closing his business for
the night and was accosted by two male suspects who demanded the keys to his vehicle. A semi-automatic handgun was displayed. The victim complied, and the vehicle was taken. New Rochelle detectives, along with the Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, were able to develop leads and tracked the vehicle to a neighborhood within the confines of the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.
Surveillance on the vehicle was set up with New Rochelle detectives and FBI personnel. At about 2 p.m., the suspects returned to the vehicle and after a brief foot chase, were taken into custody. A third suspect was also taken into custody; these three suspects are also suspected to be involved with robberies that occurred hours earlier in Connecticut and Port Chester.
The three juveniles—15, 16 and 17 years of age—names are being withheld due to juvenile status. They are being charged with robbery in the first degree; displaying a firearm, a class felony.
