MONTICELLO – One person is in custody and Monticello Police are looking for another in connection with the burglary of a synagogue at the Pine Knoll Bungalow colony at 198 Forestburgh Road.
It happened around 2 a.m. on Thursday when two individuals were spotted on surveillance video entering a building.
Officers found the house of worship had been burglarized and spotted two people still walking around the property.
Police verbally ordered them to stop and when they refused, they took off on foot. One was taken into custody – Adalis Rodriguez-Valentin, 33, of Monticello, was charged with burglary. She was also charged with a second burglary county after video surveillance determined she had participated in a burglary on Tuesday, September 1 of another synagogue at 70 Wood Avenue in Monticello.
Rodriguez-Valentin was arraigned and released on her own recognizance in accordance with state bail reform laws.
An investigation is continuing to identify and arrest the other person involved.
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