Monroe Man Stole Landscaping Equipment, Rolex Watch From Homes: Cops

Police have arrested the man accused of stealing landscaping equipment and scrap metal from one home in Monroe and a Rolex watch worth thousands from another.

Authorities arrested Gary Simna, 56, of Maple Drive in Monroe, on Nov. 22.

Simna is accused of stealing a chainsaw, leaf blower, weed whacker, hedge trimmer and 250 pounds of scrap copper from a home on Spring Hill Road in Monroe on June 19, then breaking into a house on Maple Drive and stealing coins and a Rolex watch valued at more than $4,000, according to police.

Police said a minor also helped with the burglary on Maple Drive.

Simna has been charged with third- degree larceny, third-degree burglary, sixth-degree larceny, risk of injury to/impairing the morals of a minor.

He was released from custody after posting $35,000 bond and is due in court Dec. 2.

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