SOMERS — A month-long investigation into identity theft from a Somers resident resulted in the arrest of two men when they arrived to pick up a package, state police said.
The investigation began in October when Investigators James Stirpe of the Somers barracks received information that a Somers resident had her credit card information stolen and that thieves were racking up huge purchases with that information.
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Police said the woman’s credit-card information and information from other victims was used to buy roughly $50,000 worth of computer equipment throughout the state.
The suspects would place large orders from various computer companies, then arranged for pickup at shipping locations, including post offices, police said.
Stirpe, working with the U.S. Postal Inspector’s Office, arranged for a controlled pickup for the suspects at the Somers post office.
When Almanzor DeJesus-Castro, 31, of the Bronx showed up Thursday to get one of 40 packages he was scheduled to receive at the Somers post office, he was taken into custody.
A second suspect, Paul Abreau-Grullon, 38, of Reading, Pa., was waiting in a nearby van and drove off when he saw police take DeJesus-Castro into custody. Police stopped him nearby on Route 202 and arrested him.
Both were charged with attempted third-degree grand larceny, a felony, and were sent to the Westchester County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
The investigation is continuing and more charges are pending, police said.
