STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local law-enforcement officials are urging Staten Island residents to remain vigilant and take precautions amid a string of break-in attempts across the borough.
“We want our citizens — as they always have — to help us, because vigilant neighbors, people who are careful, can help us reduce the number of crimes and catch those who are committing them,” District Attorney Michael E. McMahon said during a press conference outside the 121st Precinct stationhouse in Graniteville Thursday afternoon.
At the event, McMahon stood alongside Borough President Vito Fossella and Assistant Chief Melissa Eger, the NYPD borough commander, to alert residents to a recent crime pattern and to inform residents as to how they can protect themselves…