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# Cops Arrest Cell Phone Thief Linked To Car Break-in
- URL: https://bklyner.com/cops-arrest-burglar-linked-to-slew-of-car-break-ins-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2016-03-21T17:07:50.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-21T17:10:28.000Z
- Author: Rachel Silberstein
- Tags: Bensonhurst, Police & Fire, Western Brooklyn, 62nd precinct, Anthony Sanseverino, burglaries, car crime, cops, find my phone, nypd, police, technology, #wp

![Photo by Bensonhurst Bean](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_20150120_115921415_HDR.jpg)

Photo by Bensonhurst Bean

Officers from the 62nd Precinct have nabbed a man they believe is responsible for a recent car break-in in Bensonhurst.

Gus Martakis — who has a history of car thefts — was arrested on 18th Avenue and 84th Street on Thursday, March 17, at approximately 5:25pm, and found to be in possession of a stolen LG phone, according to the NYPD.

This is not the first cell phone thief apprehended by cops in recent weeks. In February,[ technology helped the NYPD](/31747/#.VvAmSBIrLe0) find a pair of iPhone thieves who held up a group of teenagers at the playground near Bensonhurst Park. Cops say that the “Find My iPhone” app helped officers track the device to a B74 bus headed down Mermaid Avenue.

This most recent arrest, however, was “just good old-fashioned police work,” according to 62nd Precinct Commanding Officer Captain Anthony Sanseverino. After a [spate of car-related burglaries](/march-1-a-rash-of-car-crime-around-shore-parkway-and-cropsey-avenue/#.VvAoGBIrLe0) on Cropsey Avenue and Shore Parkway, near Bay 11th Street, last month, cops have been aggressively targeting car recidivists in the area.

Martakis was charged with criminal possession of stolen property.