NEW YORK-
Looks like he knocked on the wrong door. A man was arrested Tuesday on charges of attempted burglary and car theft after he rattled the doorknob and pounded on the front door at the home of the head of the police union, authorities said.
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association head Pat Lynch’s wife, Cathy, answered the door, and the man, Anthony Joseph Genovese, tried to talk his way into the house, telling her that his wife was in labor in their car on the street and he needed money, Lynch said.
When she refused, he told her he needed money for other reasons, but when the family’s large dog came to the door he walked back to the car, Lynch said.
Feeling uneasy, Cathy Lynch telephoned her husband, who returned home and contacted their police precinct to see if there was any information on the man or his vehicle. It turned out the car had been reported stolen, so police arrested Genovese and a woman who was waiting inside it, Lynch said.
Genovese, of Queens, also was being held on suspicion of burglary because of a string of burglaries in the area.
There was no home telephone listing for Genovese.
