PETIT LARCENY ARREST

From the New York Post:

A top-ranked borough commander caught a petty crook red-handed after the suspect broke into a van in Kensington, authorities said.

Angel Plaza, 45, was jiggling door handles of parked cars along Caton Avenue near East Fourth Street at 10:30 a.m. Monday when Deputy Inspector John Argenziano, commanding officer of the 78th Precinct, spotted him, sources said.

The commander, on patrol in an unmarked car, followed Plaza to Fort Hamilton Parkway and Dahill Road, where the suspect climbed into a van, sources said.

Argenziano and Lt. Michael Fargo grabbed the crook climbing out of the vehicle in possession of a stolen GPS, authorities said.

He was charged with petit larceny, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.