Stamford PD: Serial burglar caught, confessed to hitting 9 locations
The suspect, Fabio Martinez-Rodriguez, is only charged with breaking into Park View Variety convenience store at Columbus Park. But police told News 12 the 51-year-old man confessed to more break-ins since they started on Sept. 11.
News 12 Staff
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Oct 19, 2021, 9:28 PM
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Updated 919 days ago
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7h agoAn
alleged serial burglar believed to have
hit nine businesses in just over a month has been arrested by Stamford police.
Currently,
the suspect, Fabio Martinez-Rodriguez, is only charged with breaking into Park
View Variety convenience store at Columbus Park. But police told News 12 the
51-year-old man confessed to more break-ins since they started
on Sept. 11.
Each
of the burglaries had the same pattern, police say. They occurred between 12:30
a.m. and 4 a.m. and a brick or rock was used to break a window. The suspect
would check for cash, grab any he found, and be out in under a minute.
Police
say it happened again around 3 a.m. Monday, setting off an alarm at Park View
Variety.
“The
alarm call was dispatched in about 30 seconds,” says Sgt. Sean Scanlan. “Our
guys arrived in about a minute. The owner of the store, who also got the
notification, was able to come to the store really fast, get the video up.”
From
the security footage, police released a description of the suspect to all
patrol officers. They found a man matching it a block away, later identified as
Martinez-Rodriguez.
Police
say Park View Variety was the ninth business Martinez-Rodriguez hit in 37 days.
He admitted to all the break-ins when interviewed by investigators, they say.
Those locations burglarized are:
9/11,
John’s Pizza (162 Grove Street)
9/24, Bachata Restaurant (820 E. Main Street)
9/24, Adams Laundry (777 Atlantic Street)
10/5, Elm Street Market (320 Elm Street)
10/9, Sunshine Cuisine (East Main Street)
10/9, Bedford Street Market (27 Bedford Street)
10/10, Main Street Convenience (199 Main Street)
10/18, Omar Restaurant (210 West Main Street)
10/18, Park View Variety (233 Main Street)
9/24, Bachata Restaurant (820 E. Main Street)
9/24, Adams Laundry (777 Atlantic Street)
10/5, Elm Street Market (320 Elm Street)
10/9, Sunshine Cuisine (East Main Street)
10/9, Bedford Street Market (27 Bedford Street)
10/10, Main Street Convenience (199 Main Street)
10/18, Omar Restaurant (210 West Main Street)
10/18, Park View Variety (233 Main Street)
“Once
confronted with the information we had, he gave up and was very honest with
what he did and how many that he did,” said Scanlan.
Police
told News 12 that they will be applying for warrants to arrest
Martinez-Rodriguez for the other eight burglaries.
