CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. (WCBS 880) -- Suspected armed burglars raided a UPS warehouse in Rockland County before a police tactical unit rescued a security guard who had barricaded himself inside the building, police said Tuesday.
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The guard called 911 from the UPS warehouse on Murray Hill Drive in Nanuet around 4 a.m. Sunday to report that he saw several people burglarizing the building.
Responding officers arrived at the scene to find a dark-colored sedan in the parking lot with its lights on. A man was removed from the vehicle and detained by officers, police said.
During the response, officers learned that the burglary crew has been known to carry firearms and have had violent encounters in the past, police said.
The Clarkstown Police Department’s Critical Incident Response Team was called in to retrieve the security guard, who had barricaded himself inside the warehouse.
The team removed the guard unharmed and then searched the warehouse for other suspects. They ultimately cleared the building without finding anyone else; police believe the burglars had already fled by the time officers arrived.
Among the items stolen from the warehouse were handbags, shoes and electronics.
The man police encountered in the parking lot, 19-year-old Amadou Fall of Philadelphia, was charged with burglary and released without bail on an order to return to court Wednesday, police said.
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