Rochester Police responded to a suspicious motor vehicle call on Braley Hill Road around 2:52pm On Tuesday May 1. When Officer Donald Kemmett arrived he found two men in the back yard of a home along with a rented box truck that was stuck in the home’s septic system. Both men stated they were just turning around when their vehicle got stuck.
Further investigation revealed that the truck was loaded with metal automobile parts stolen from sheds on the property. Police found the house broken into and located household items from the residence in the rental truck. The truck also contained other scrap metal believed to be stolen from other locations.
Investigating officers arrested New Bedford residents Scott M. Sylvia, 46, of County Street and Peter J. Farland, 52, of Chestnut Street for trespass with a motor vehicle, destruction of property over $250, larceny of property over $250, receiving stolen property over $250, use of a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony, and four counts of breaking and entering.
Both men have lengthy criminal records dating back to the 80’s. They are being held at the Rochester Police Station on $1000 cash bail.
