NEW ROCHELLE, NY \u2014 A burglary suspect has been taken into custody after police stormed a Westchester home. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, around 4:50 p.m., New Rochelle police rushed to a reported burglary in progress at a home on Stephenson Boulevard. <\/p>\n
A 911 caller reported hearing the sound of glass breaking and then seeing an unknown man entering the home through a side window. The caller provided a description and remained on the line with dispatch, providing real-time updates as officers were on the way. <\/p>\n
Upon arrival, police established a perimeter around the property to contain the scene and prevent escape, the NRPD said. A tactical entry team then entered the home to search for the suspect.<\/p>\n
That suspect was soon found hiding in a second-floor bedroom closet, according to police. He was taken into custody without incident or injury to officers or the suspect. <\/p>\n
Leonard Wisher, 65, of Yonkers was charged with burglary and criminal mischief.<\/p>\n
No residents were home at the time of the incident, and there were no reported injuries, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
Anyone with additional information is being asked to contact the New Rochelle Police Department at 914-654-2300 or anonymously at 914-632-COPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW ROCHELLE, NY \u2014 A burglary suspect has been taken into custody after police stormed a Westchester home.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-161060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}