Scarsdale Police Capture Eastchester Burglars

A rapid response by Scarsdale Police officers on Friday evening 2/22 resulted in the arrest of three fleeing burglary suspects who had just robbed an Eastchester home. According to Scarsdale Lieutenant Thomas Altizio, an off-duty Eastchester Police Officer, Richard Natoli, spotted a suspect leaving the backyard of an Eastchester home. When the man was questioned, he jumped into a car with two other men and drove north on Scarsdale Avenue. The driver of the escape car then made a left turn onto the Popham Road Bridge and was spotted by Scarsdale Police officers on traffic duty on the bridge. They notified headquarters that the getaway car had turned south on Garth Road. Scarsdale Police officers rushed to Garth Road and stopped the car containing the three men at Garth Road near Harney Road at 7:00 pm on Friday night. The men were taken into custody and held until they could be turned over to the Eastchester Police.

Stolen items from the home were found in the car.

The three men were identified as: Anderson B. Moncada, 24, of 39 Thomas St. in Brentwood; , 29, of 46-08 74th St. in Elmhurst; Juan D. Hernandez-Moncada and Fabian Idarraga, 29, of 21-22 30th St. in Astoria. They were charged with robbing two homes in Eastchester – one on Vernon Drive and the other on Hilburn Road, a second-degree burglary. They are now being held on $150,000 in Westchester County Jail.