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Westport Police: Car Break-In Suspects Caught On Camera From Train Station

WESTPORT, Conn. — Westport police arrested three suspects in a number of car burglaries at the Greens Farms train station after catching them in the act via live-streaming video, police said. 

Adelmir Oliva

Adelmir Oliva

Photo Credit: Westport Police Department
Jancarlos Cabral

Jancarlos Cabral

Photo Credit: Westport Police Department

The incident began at 11 a.m. Wednesday on a report of suspicious people attempting to gain entry into vehicles at the train station, police said. 

As patrol officers responded to the scene, members of the Westport Police Detective Bureau began monitoring the live-streaming video from Greens Farms station. 

Detectives located the suspects on camera, monitored their activities and updated the responding units, police said. 

The first arriving units immediately found two males wearing dark clothing and watched as they "attempted to gain entry into at least two different vehicles by lifting or manipulating door handles," police said.

Detectives positively identified the suspects, whom the patrol officers were speaking with, as those captured on the video surveillance, police said. 

A third suspect was found hiding in a vehicle that the suspects had driven to the train station, police said. 

Video surveillance also captured the suspects attempting to steal a vehicle but retreating when patrol officers arrived, police said. 

The following individuals were arrested:

  • Adelmir Oliva, 19, of the Bronx, N.Y., was charged with the following crimes and held on a $10,000 bond: third-degree burglary, second-degree larceny, criminal impersonation, second-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary, third-degree criminal attempt at burglary and possession of marijuana.
  • Jancarlos Cabral, 20, of the Bronx was charged with the following crimes and held on $10,000: third-degree burglary, second-degree larceny, second-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and third-degree criminal attempt at burglary.
  • The third suspect was a juvenile who was arrested, charged with the following crimes, and held at Bridgeport Juvenile: third-degree burglary, second-degree larceny, criminal impersonation, second-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and third-degree criminal attempt at burglary.

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