Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Burglars love Nextel & Scanners

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Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 16:00:26 -0500

Burglars love Nextel & Scanners
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Burglary ring suspect nabbed in Stoughton

by Jessica Heslam

Friday, November 8, 2002

Authorities yesterday nabbed a 20-year-old Quincy man allegedly part of a well-organized band of burglars who have hit hundreds of restaurants, bakeries and convenience stores in Eastern Massachusetts over the last year.

``He's very elusive and shifty,'' Concord police Lt. Barry Neal said of Stephen J. Faye.

A contingent of law enforcement officials, led by Concord police, nabbed Faye at his girlfriend's Stoughton home. Faye was later arraigned on a host of charges stemming from three break-ins in Concord on Sept. 4.

Concord police said Faye had already broken into two restaurants when a cop confronted him as he snuck out of a convenience store about 1 a.m. Faye ran off and fled in a stolen van but not before the officer got a good look at him, Neal said. Faye swiped money, lottery tickets and cigarettes from the Concord businesses.

Police found Faye's girlfriend's car at the Concord scene and had been tracking him for months before his arrest. At one point, Faye had fled the country to Mexico, officials said. But police received information this week leading them to his girlfriend's house. Faye, wanted by police in several towns, was arrested without incident.

Authorities said Faye is part of a larger group behind a yearlong rash of early-morning business break-ins. The group allegedly uses two-way radios to communicate and has targeted towns and cities on Cape Cod as well as the South and North shores.

``This group is well organized. They have a lookout, use scanners and communicate with each other by Nextel,'' Neal said.

The group has stolen tens of thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise, authorities said. Police expect more arrests.

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