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Brooklyn Man Arrested for String of Nassau County Home Break Ins

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By Published: February 23 2016

LongIsland.com

The Third Squad reports the arrest of a Brooklyn man on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 11:50 p.m. in Brooklyn.

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Mineola, NY - February 23rd, 2016 - The Third Squad reports the arrest of a Brooklyn man on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 11:50 p.m. in Brooklyn.

According to detectives, on Friday, February 19, 2016 a female victim returning to her Princeton Street home observed a male exiting a window on the side of her house with a bag containing personal property from the home.

The Major Case Burglary Pattern Squad in conjunction with the Third Squad conducted an investigation and on Saturday, February 20, 2016 Mamuka Bokuchava, 31, of Bay Parkway located on Cropsey Avenue and placed under arrest.

A further investigation revealed Bokuchava had entered a Roselle Street, Mineola, home on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 and removed personal property including cash and jewelry and on Monday, December 7, 2015 he entered a Lipton Lane, Williston Park home and removed personal property including cash and jewelry.  The investigation is ongoing.

Bokuchava is charged with three counts of Burglary 2nd degree and was scheduled to be arraigned on February 21, 2016 at First District Court in Hempstead.