Saugerties man arrested for Westerlo burglary 9 months ago

Friday, August 11, 2023 - 18:45

WESTERLO — This week, a Saugerties man was arrested for a burglary that had taken place at a Westerlo property on Route 405 last November. 

Troopers had been called on Nov. 13, 2022 to investigate property damage, after which police concluded that Matthew S. Doyle, of Saugerties, had “forcibly entered the unoccupied property, caused damage, and took items from within,” according to a press release from the New York State Police; he was charged with third-degree burglary.

Trooper Stephanie O’Neill told The Enterprise this week that Doyle had been incarcerated in Ulster County for an “unrelated but similar crime” since December. 

His arrest in December was for several alleged burglaries in Saugerties, for which he was charged with two counts of second-degree burglary, according to the Saugerties Police Department.

O’Neill said that, when Doyle was identified as the suspect for the Westerlo burglary, the Albany County District Attorney’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest and worked with the Ulster County district attorney to have him processed and arraigned in Albany County. 

Other questions, such as why the Westerlo property was targeted, could not be answered because the incident is still being investigated, O’Neill said. 

According to the Saugerties Police Department, Doyle had also been arrested in February of this year, and charged with second-degree burglary, for allegedly breaking into a Saugerties home through a basement window last September and stealing items from inside the house.

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