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New Rochelle homeowner helps police nab burglar remotely using home security camera

A New Rochelle homeowner helped police catch a burglar in their house - without even being home.

News 12 Staff

Oct 31, 2022, 9:44 PM

Updated 1,002 days ago

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A New Rochelle homeowner helped police catch a burglar in their house - without even being home.
The owner says they saw the burglar on a home security camera and called police.
Police went to the home on Storer Avenue on Friday around 7:30 p.m. and found the suspect in the backyard with a full backpack.
Officials chased 29-year-old Louis Garcia-Comas, from Queens, and eventually arrested him.
Officers say the backpack was full of things he took from the house.  Police say they also found a window pried open in the back of the house.