Police Catch Church Burglar Minutes After Offence

Police Catch Church Burglar Minutes After Offence

Wednesday, 17 August 2016 07:51

Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 07:51

Published: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 07:51

Joanne Wallenstein

Ketter was arrested for two burglaries at Trinity Lutheran Church.

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at approximately 2:30 pm, Scarsdale Police received a call from Trinity Lutheran Church on Crane Road that a burglary had just occurred and the suspect was fleeing the area. The caller gave police a description of the suspect, and his direction of travel. Multiple Scarsdale Police units were dispatched to the area, arriving at the church in just 1 minute and 16 seconds, and locating the suspect on the southbound platform of the Scarsdale Train Station, hiding behind several trash cans.

The suspect was detained by Scarsdale Police and the caller from Trinity Lutheran Church who observed the burglary positively identified the suspect as the person who had broken into the church. Gregory Ketter, age 53, of Yonkers, was arrested and taken into custody. While being processed at Scarsdale Police HQ, Defendant Ketter was interviewed by Scarsdale Detectives and determined to have committed a previous burglary at the same church on July 24th of 2016.

Defendant Ketter was charged with Burglary, 3rd Degree (2 counts), Criminal Mischief, Petit Larceny and Possession of Burglars Tools. Defendant Ketter, who has multiple previous arrests, was arraigned in Scarsdale Justice Court by Judge Joaquin Alemany and remanded without bail to the Westchester County Jail pending a future Scarsdale Justice Court appearance.