UTICA, NY – Utica police have arrested Leroy Thomas for a robbery hat took place Saturday on Genesee Street.
According to police, at approximately 9:00 PM officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Genesee St. regarding a robbery that had just occurred.
“Upon speaking with the victim he stated that an unknown male had forcibly gone through the victim’s pants and jacket pockets in attempt to obtain property,” the Utica PD reported. “The began to rip a bag out of the victim’s hands causing him to fall on the ground and have the contents of the bag scatter around.The suspect then began to take the property and fled the scene. After the officers obtained a description of the suspect, other officers conducted an area check and located an individual matching the description. Through the on scene investigation, it determined that the individual they had stopped was in fact the suspect, and still had the stolen property on his person.”
An investigator with the Criminal Investigations Division was assigned the case, and at the conclusion of it Leroy Thomas age 33 of Utica was charged with: