LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Another man has pled guilty in connection to a break-in and theft from Build-A-Burger in Mount Morris, but denied under oath that anything other than a cash register and surveillance system was taken from the restaurant. Matthew Sapetko, 34, pled guilty and allocuted to Burglary in the Third Degree, saying that he, James Marullo, and Timothy Walker Jr. broke into Build-A-Burger on Begole Road in Mount Morris in and left … [Read more...]
Mac Salad Bandit Sentenced for Botched Burglary
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A Mount Morris man was sentenced Tuesday morning for stealing security cameras, an empty cash register, and a big bowl of mac salad from Build-A-Burger on Begole Road on the day before Mother's day. The crime made headlines after police followed a convenient trail of macaroni salad along the greenway to the accused burglars, James Marullo, 35, Matthew Sapetko, 34, and Timothy Walker Jr., 23. Marullo was sentenced on … [Read more...]
Mac Salad Bandit Asks for Willard Sentence at Arraignment
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The attorney for one of the three 'Mac Salad Bandits' was already anticipating sentence possibilities as her client waived his right to Grand Jury review of his case and proceeded with arraignment by Superior Court Information. Timothy Walker Jr., 23, of Idaho, was arraigned on Burglary in the Third Degree, Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree, and Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree charges Tuesday morning for the alleged … [Read more...]
Mac Salad Bandit Served Felony Indictments by Grand Jury
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – One of the three 'Mac Salad Bandits' has been indicted by a Grand Jury on Burglary and Forgery charges stemming from two separate incidents, including the alleged Mother's Day burglary at Build-A-Burger restaurant in Mount Morris. Matthew Sapetko, 34, of Mount Morris, was arraigned Tuesday morning on Burglary in the Third Degree, Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, and Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree charges for the … [Read more...]
Mac Salad Bandit Squeals for Deal
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – James Marullo, one of the three infamous mac salad bandits, pled guilty to a felony Burglary charge on Tuesday and agreed to tell on his buddies as part of a negotiated state prison plea deal. Marullo, 35, agreed to testify at Grand Jury against co-conspirators Matthew Sapetko, 34, and Timothy Walker Jr., 23, and told all that happened on that fateful night before Mother's Day at Build-A-Burger in Mount Morris. "There … [Read more...]
Mac Salad Bandit Heaps More On Plate with New Arrest
MOUNT MORRIS – Criminal charges continue to stack for the mac salad bandits as investigations by local police continue to implicate them individually in other crimes, this time in the burglary of tools from house fire and internet scam victims Bob and Smidge Stevens. According to a press release from Mount Morris Police Chief Ken Mignemi and Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Timothy Walker Jr., 23, of Idaho, was arraigned on … [Read more...]
Bungling Burger Bandits Leave Tasty Trail for Cops
MOUNT MORRIS – Three hungry thieves were arrested after leaving a convenient trail of mac salad, camera parts, cash register pieces, rubber gloves, and loose change after allegedly burgling Build-A-Burger in the Town of Mount Morris. According to a press release from Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Matthew Sapetko, 34, of Mount Morris, James Marullo, 35, of Mount Morris, and Timothy Walker Jr., 23, of Idaho, were arrested for Burglary in the Third … [Read more...]