Pair tied to August car burglaries in northern Adirondacks
By Mike Lynch
State police have arrested two Franklin County men wanted for breaking into vehicles parked at hiking and boating trailheads in the northern Adirondacks.
The break-ins allegedly took place from Aug. 15 to Aug. 22 in the towns of Santa Clara and Harrietstown in Franklin County.
The men allegedly targeted vehicles at parking areas for the Crusher Boat Launch on the Raquette River, Long Pond in the St. Regis Canoe Area, Ampersand hiking trailhead on state Route 3, and a hiking trailhead off Coreys Road.
They also allegedly broke into a vehicle on Old Dock Road, which is connected to state Route 3.
At Long Pond, police found five vehicles with the windows smashed and more than $1,000 worth of items stolen.
Police arrested William L. Roberts III, 44, of Malone, and Jamie R. Leduc, 41, of Moira, on Wednesday on grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal mischief and burglary charges.
Police said they also stole a credit card and used it to buy items at Walmart in Malone.
Police determined Roberts entered a camper and stole multiple items with a value of more than $400 at the Crusher launch.
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Glad they got these guys, of all the things to worry about out here, this should not have to be one of them.
If the accused men are convicted, they should be required to pay full restitution within 1 to 5 years in addition to receiving full criminal sentences.
If these crimes had occurred during the winter, there should be additional endangerment charges as well some sort of sentencing enhancement if available.
In the mid seventies I was serving on the Board of Governors of ADK and while attending a meeting of the board at JBL, had items stolen from my vehicle in the Garden parking lot. There were several vehicles with damaged doors in the parking lot. State Police, who were there investigating, told me that it was very unlikely that they would ever find the culprits. After all these years it is indeed heartening to hear that at least some of this type of criminals has been apprehended.
Yes. And I hope the courts through the maximum sentence for grand larceny.
Courts will probably let them walk. Legal system is a joke.
Would like to know how they cracked the case. I suspect a tip.
I suspect that using the stolen credit card at Walmart wasn’t the brightest idea.
Nice work!
Good old police work. We don’t need to let other criminals how these guys got caught.
A perfect example of why I always carry concealed. You never know when or where trouble is.
Street justice of snapping every one of their fingers back tends to stop this type of behavior. Seen it happen before, very distinct sound. It works!
Never leave anything you can’t afford to lose in your car. In fact don’t even lock your car.
The alleged criminals should not be given much, if any, leniency if convicted. The range of crime locations suggest a fair amount of premeditation regarding the nefarious deeds.
Remember, NYS is the land of bail reform. They no doubt received an appearance ticket and are already back out on the street. They will receive a slap on the wrist in court and perhaps at most be ordered to pay restitution. Don’t hold your breath for justice.
I had some straps for my canoe stolen from the back of my truck at the long pond site a few years back. Good thing I had extras or else I’m not sure how I would have secured them for the trip home.
Glad to see these people getting caught. I like to think it was the same people.
Anyone parking a Tesla at locations like this should be sure to enable Sentry Mode. Those cameras are constantly recording, especially when a person approaches the vehicle.