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Blooming
Grove
Police arrest two men in burglaries
Blooming
Grove
and Village of Goshen police have caught two men they say stole numerous
tools
and equipment reported stolen Friday morning from a business and two
residences in Blooming
Grove,
police said. The pair's late-model blue Ford pickup was stopped at
5:52 a.m.
– just after the reported burglaries – on
Scotchtown Avenue by Goshen police Officer John Manna,
Blooming
Grove
Sgt.
John Heppes said. Among other things, police recovered tools,
a weed
trimmer and a dolly. Dennis Fitzpatrick, 25, of Mount
Ivy, was charged with third-degree burglary,
a felony,
and possession of stolen property and driving without a license,
misdemeanors.
His passenger, Clayton Jones, 30, of Mount Hope, was charged with
misdemeanor possession
of stolen property. Fitzpatrick was sent to Orange County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bail.
Jones posted bail and was released.
Police believe a 1986 Honda ATV found in the back of the pickup may
also have been stolen.
Anyone with information should call police at 496-9161.
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