Sound Shore

Two Port Chester men have been charged in separate burglaries.

Byron Chavarria, 20 of 412 Orchard St. was accused of two residential burglaries Monday and is a person of interest in several more, police said.

They said on Saturday, Chavarria stole a drawer of woman’s underwear along with jewelry and computers from a Locust Avenue home, and on Monday he took jewelry from a Willett Avenue home, police said.

Police Capt. John Telesca called Chavarria “a one man crime spree.” Chavarria’s Orchard Street room was full of “all kinds of stuff,” including Kindle e-book readers, iPods, jewelry, as well as the stolen underwear, Telesca said.

Chavarria was leaving 325 Willett Ave. Monday afternoon as residents of the multi-family building were coming home. When confronted, he said he had been looking for “Oscar” and ran off. The victims discovered thatdiamond earrings, an iPod and other jewelry had been taken from the home, and identified Chavarria after police drove them around the area looking for the culprit.

Chavarria was charged with two counts of second-degree burglary. Police said they are continuing to try to identify the sources of the property found in his room.

In the the other case, Kip Hartman, 44, of 4 Willow St. was accused Sunday of the August 18 burglary of business offices at 200 William St.
Hartman has 35 arrests in Port Chester alone, Telesca said. He was in custody on allegations of shoplifting Sunday when police identified him as the William Street burglar using a surveillance photo of that crime, Telesca said.

Hartman was charged with third-degree burglary.