Three Amherst apartment dwellers are being held on $10,000 bail each after a domestic call led to their arrest on felony charges linked to several recent house burglaries, police reported Tuesday.
While checking on a domestic complaint in the 6000 block of Sheridan Drive on Sunday, Amherst Police Officer Christopher Klein noticed property in the flat that had been reported stolen in a burglary at a Saber Lane home the previous day. Klein also handled that call.
He and other officers also noticed in the flat items stolen in a Fruitwood Terrace burglary that also took place on Saturday, police officials said.
After police obtained a search warrant, officials said, officers recovered numerous items of stolen property in the flat.
Brandon J. Longo, 23; Eric K. Smith, 28; and Courtney L. Masse, 20, all residents of the Sheridan Drive apartment, were arraigned before Amherst Town Justice Mark Farrell. Each was charged with burglary and possession of stolen property and ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
While checking on a domestic complaint in the 6000 block of Sheridan Drive on Sunday, Amherst Police Officer Christopher Klein noticed property in the flat that had been reported stolen in a burglary at a Saber Lane home the previous day. Klein also handled that call.
He and other officers also noticed in the flat items stolen in a Fruitwood Terrace burglary that also took place on Saturday, police officials said.
After police obtained a search warrant, officials said, officers recovered numerous items of stolen property in the flat.
Brandon J. Longo, 23; Eric K. Smith, 28; and Courtney L. Masse, 20, all residents of the Sheridan Drive apartment, were arraigned before Amherst Town Justice Mark Farrell. Each was charged with burglary and possession of stolen property and ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail.