Peekskill Teen Charged with Break-in Due in Court

Yorktown - Police say that a Peekskill teenager will answer charges that he tried to burglarize a Jefferson Valley residence last week while the homeowner was there.

Officers responded July 8 to the Hill Boulevard residence after a woman who lives there reported a man she didn't know had entered her home, then fled when she confronted him.

Officers flooded the area, broadcast a description of the suspect then arrested the Peekskill teen nearby on Hill Boulevard. 

Julio Rivera, 19, of Peekskill, was charged with attempted second-degree burglary, a felony, and was initially held at the county jail on $2,500 cash bail.

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