Pit bull stolen from New Cassel home; 5 arrested
Detective say officers responded to a home on Bond Street for an apparent disturbance at 11:25 p.m.
Five people are under arrest, accused of entering a home and taking a dog in New Cassel Thursday night.
Detective say officers responded to a home on Bond Street for an apparent disturbance at 11:25 p.m.
When officers arrived, police say they learned a 25-year-old woman was sleeping when a loud noise woke her up. The woman said she saw two men breaking in through a rear window.
The woman told police that one of the two men tried taking her pit bull.
Then, two women entered the home through a door that was unlocked by the two other suspects, police say.
One of the men was then able to take the dog before all four suspects left the home through the front door.
Police say the two men and two women fled south on Bond Street, and then entered a backyard on Prospect Ave.
Officers responded at the Prospect Avenue location, where all four suspects were arrested, along with another person who “interfered with the investigation” was also arrested.
Police identified the five suspects as:
Widmaer Innocent, 18, of New Cassel, is charged with burglary and robbery.
Bernardson Rene, 21, of New Cassel, is charged with burglary.
Janeth Apolinar Mercado, 25, is charged with burglary.
Anna Izabel Guevara, 23, is charged with burglary
Jose Apolinar, 28, of New Cassel, is charged with obstructing governmental administration.
