White Plains, NY – What began as a simple lost property case on a Bee-Line bus ended in a felony arrest after a Westchester County police officer’s persistence uncovered a theft in progress.
According to the Westchester County Police Department, a Bee-Line rider reported on New Year’s Eve that she lost her iPhone on a Route 21 bus. An officer from the department’s Surface Transportation Unit reviewed security footage at the Liberty Lines bus garage in Yonkers — where the missing device was reportedly last seen.
Video revealed a man seated behind the rider discreetly taking the phone as the bus traveled toward the White Plains Transportation Center. Investigators later identified the suspect as a non-employee contractor through a review of clothing, employer connections, and additional surveillance footage from December 31.
On Monday, officers located and detained the man at the White Plains terminal after observing him disembark another Bee-Line bus. He was charged with Grand Larceny 4th Degree, a felony.
The department praised the officer for his extra effort in pursuing the case, noting that his initiative transformed a simple lost-and-found report into a successful felony investigation.
“This officer could have simply written up a lost property report and left it at that,” the department stated. “But he didn’t just ‘phone it in.’ That’s what turned a lost property incident into a felony arrest.”
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