Posted at: 01/09/2011 10:43 AM
Updated at: 01/09/2011 10:47 AM
By: WNYT Staff
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ALBANY – Ken Griffey Jr.’s rookie baseball card has led to the arrest of two men by Albany Police as detectives connect them to two burglaries last fall on Madison Ave. and Broadway in the city.
Gregory Amyot, 35, and Robert Spraker are charged with one count each Burglary (2nd and 3rd Degree) and Grand Larceny (3rd and 4th Degree).
Back on Nov. 4, 2010, Amyot and Spraker were arrested for possessing a stolen credit card, police said. Surveillance cameras inside the Price Chopper at 40 Delaware Avenue caught them attempting to use the stolen credit card in the early morning hours of November 1, according to Det. James Miller. At that time, officers found they had a valuable stolen baseball card – Griffey’s – that was taken during a burglary of 498 Madison Avenue.
Detectives investigating that incident, as well as a burglary of an architecture firm’s office on Broadway, were able to connect Amyot and Spraker to both. They were both charged late Friday afternoon and arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court on Saturday. Both men were remanded to the county jail without bail, Miller said.
The burglary at 498 Madison Avenue occurred sometime between November 3-4. A window was broken and two IBM Think Pads were stolen, as well as numerous sports memorabilia cards, police said.
The burglary at the architecture firm – Einhorn, Yaffee and Prescott – at 412 Broadway occurred October 31. There, a window was broken and two laptop computers were stolen.
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