Lapeine
Portillo-Mendoza
RAMAPO – Town Police in Ramapo have two men in custody and are looking for a third in connection with the theft of two motorcycles in front of a man’s house on Dolson Road.
At about 3 a.m. on Monday, police received a call from the resident there that three suspects were stealing the bikes.
Responding officers spotted a U-Haul truck driving north on Remsen Road and as they approached and stopped it, the driver drove off at a high rate of speed north on Route 306. The vehicle turned onto Viola Road toward Spring Valley, attempted to turn onto Zuba Lane, ran off the road and struck a house, damaging a natural gas line. The house suffered extensive damage.
Arrested in the back of the U-Haul truck where the stolen motorcycles were located, were Karl Lapeine, 19, of Spring Valley and Ely Portillo-Mendoza, 16, of New Hempstead. Both were charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, both as felonies, and criminal mischief as a misdemeanor.
The Hillcrest Fire Department and Orange and Rockland Utilities responded to the scene because of the damage to the natural gas line.
