Miles
Hopper
LIVINGSTON – The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has arrested
two Greenport residents in connection with a burglary in the Town of Livingston.
Shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, police received a report of a suspicious
vehicle that had just left a residence on Route 9G in Livingston. The
owner of the residence contacted 911 after returning home and finding
the vehicle in the driveway.
The owner provided police with a description of the vehicle and license
plate number that led deputies to locating it in the Village of Philmont.
The investigation revealed that Brock Miles, 27, and Katherine Hopper,
30, both of Greenport, entered the home and had stolen items. Their two-year-old
child was left in the vehicle when they committed the burglary.
All of the stolen property was recovered.
Miles and Hopper were charged with felony burglary and petit larceny and
endangering the welfare of a child, both as misdemeanors.
Hopper was also charged in Philmont with tampering with physical evidence
as a felony and misdemeanors of resisting arrest, criminal possession
of drugs and criminal mischief.
Both suspects were remanded to the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $%00
cash bail or $1,000 bond.
The sheriff’s office was assisted by the Columbia County District
Attorney’s Office. A report was made to and accepted by the Child
Abuse Hotline in reference to the child.
