Rye and Mamaroneck Burglar Sentenced to 13 years

A Croton-on Hudson man was sentenced to 13 years in state prison Tuesday for committing multiple burglaries in Rye and the Town of Mamaroneck in 2008.

Keith McBride, 36, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree burglary for three burglaries he committed from August to September 2008.

Authorities said that on Aug. 29, 2008, McBride burglarized a home on Bradford Avenue in Rye by smashing a rear kitchen door window with a rock and then opening the door.

When the family living there returned home, they found the rock and broken glass on the kitchen floor and discovered that their house had been ransacked. Police responded to the scene and investigated.

A few weeks later, on Sept. 15, McBride committed another burglary on Doris Road in Mamaroneck.

McBride gained access to the house through a rear door. No one was home at that time of the burglary, but when the residents returned they noticed that their kitchen chairs had been rearranged and they immediately called police. Mamaroneck Town Police responded to the scene and discovered that the house had been burglarized and several items had been stolen, including jewelry and other personal property.

McBride committed another burglary a few days later on Durham Road in Mamaroneck, authorities said. McBride used the same method to break into the home, gaining access by smashing a rear door window with a rock and opening the door.

The home was unoccupied at the time of the burglary, but when the residents returned they discovered that there home had been ransacked and that several items were stolen, including jewelry, collector coins and a BlackBerry.

McBride's crimes came to a halt when police used evidence they collected—including DNA evidence from the rock he used to gain entry to the first home—to pinpoint him as the assailant.

On Sept. 20, police followed McBride to Manhattan and observed him entering a pawn shop in Spanish Harlem to apparently sell the items he had stolen. Police investigated and recovered many of the items and later that day arrested McBride for the burglaries.

Authorities also issued warrants to search McBride's home, car, and a storage unit he purchased, which recovered more items from the burglaries, including jewelry, a Blackberry, collector coins, women's accessories, designer purses and handbags.

McBride received a more stringent sentence of 13 years because of prior second-degree felony convictions.