WESTPORT — A New Jersey man, who fled after allegedly breaking into a local home and triggering the alarm last August, was apprehended last week, police said.
Alexander Cobo-Hernanadez, 48, of Clifton, N.J., was charged Nov. 2 with third-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary.
Police, dispatched to a Tranquility Lane home about 1:30 p.m. Aug. 5 to investigate an activated alarm, found there was forced entry into the dwelling.
Because the alarm prompted officers’ quick response, nothing was stolen from the home, according to the report.
A worker nearby the scene told officers that a van had dropped off two people, wearing masks and carrying backpacks, in the area shortly before the break-in.
The worker also gave officers a description of the suspects’ van, and surveillance from the police license-plate reader in the Saugatuck area enabled investigators to identify the van entering Westport before the incident and leaving town afterward.
That information helped police determine the van was registered in the name of Alexander Cobo-Hernanadez, and based on further investigation, police issued a warrant for his arrest.
Cobo-Hernanadez was extradited to Westport from New Jersey on Nov. 2, and was formally charged. He was released after posting $50,000 and is scheduled to appear Nov. 22 at state Superior Court in Stamford.
Am I the last person to know there’s a “police license-plate reader in the Saugatuck area?”
Nope. I live in saugatuck and had no idea.
Reminds me of the drones….
And there are several hundred cameras as well..BTW congrats to the WPD on another investigation and arrest!
They are frequently located on the trunks of WPD and town vehicles. They look like a little rectangular box and capture the data of every vehicle that drives by. Almost every PD vehicle has them. They can track and establish the regular habits and movement of people, if there is a unit in the same place for a period of dates and times, they can prove the movements of a suspect this way also. Big data is already here, and there is much more surveillance than folks realize.