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Glendale serial burglar caught after pawning goods
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@CNGLOCAL.COM
Selling stolen jewelry at a local
pawn shop proved to be a big
mistake for an alleged burglar
from Glendale accused of taking loot
from several area homes over the last
six weeks, prosecutors said.
Stephen Schoessow, 51, of 66th Street
remains locked up on $300,000 bail
aft er being charged on Nov. 29 with
burglary, grand larceny and criminal
mischief. Multiple victims claim that
Schoessow allegedly broke into their
homes, ransacked them and walked
away with jewelry, cash and electronics.
According to the criminal complaint
that the Queens District Attorney’s
offi ce provided, Schoessow allegedly
broke into a home on 81st Avenue near
Myrtle Avenue on Oct. 11. The residents
returned home that evening to
fi nd that doors on the bottom and top
fl oors had been broken open.
Upon further investigation, the
residents determined that $1,000 in
cash and $3,000 in jewelry had been
removed, the complaint said.
Surveillance footage show Schoessow
enter the house around 2 p.m. that
day carrying a black sweatshirt and
leaving 40 minutes later without it,
according to prosecutors.
Schoessow is also accused of burglarizing
a home on Central Avenue
near 68th Place on Oct. 29. A female
resident discovered that day that
someone had entered her house
through a window and taken three
Apple tablets, three Movado watches
and jewelry valued at about $3,000.
The residence on the second fl oor
of the same location was also broken
into through; a resident reported
that a pair of diamond earrings, gold
earrings, a gold bracelet, two cameras
and a phone, all valued at more than
$1,000, were missing.
Finally, prosecutors said, Schoessow
was also seen on security cameras
leaving a home on 60th Street near in
Ridgewood on Nov. 28 with a resident’s
laptop bag over his shoulder. A Kodak
digital camera, laptop and phone were
also taken from the residence, the
criminal complaint said.
When Schoessow was searched
by police at the 104th Precinct, the
criminal complaint states that he
was found with one diamond earring
recognized by Ramon as one of the
missing items.
Schoessow allegedly attempted to
liquidate some of the stolen jewelry
at a pawn shop called Gold and Silver
Enterprises at 70-20 Fresh Pond Rd.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct visited
the shop on Nov. 12 and found the
stolen items. The pawn shop owner
searched the store records and found
that the items had been pawned off by
Schoessow.
According to state Department of
Corrections records, Schoessow had
been released from a correctional
facility in August for burglary and
attempted burglary convictions.
Court records indicated that Schoessow
must return to court on Dec. 14.
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