WESTFIELD – A local burglar will be out of circulation for a time after four of his pending cases were heard in Westfield District Court and he was sentenced to ten terms in the house of correction.
Most of the charges stem from burglaries in the area for which two former roommates named Nathan – Nathan M. Bagley, 29, and Nathan M. King, 25, formerly of 514 Southwick Road – have admitted culpability for.
The thefts in Westfield, mostly in July, 2012, were investigated by city detective Anthony Tsatsos, who found some stolen jewelry had been sold to a downtown Westfield merchant.
The store’s records indicted who had sold the itmes and the two Nathans returned a short time later with more jewelry to sell.
They agreed to come to the Westfield pole station for an interview with Tsatsos who reports, in a document filed with the court in support of an application for a criminal complaint, that “Bagley and King admitted to numerous house breaks in Westfield and Agawam, but to none in Southwick.”
The two men told Tsatsos that “Bagley would enter the homes, while King would act as the lookout and driver.”
Despite their claim not to have broken into houses in Southwick, when Sgt. Robert Landis of the Southwick Police department checked the records of a city jewelry store, he noticed and recognized Bagley’s name on a list of persons who had sold jewelry to the store.
Landis reports that he checked the jewelry sold by Bagley and was able to identify two ruby rings as property that had been stolen in a house break in Southwick at the end of June, 2012.
When interviewed, Bagley claimed that he had sold the items for his roommate, King, and did not know they had been stolen.
In three separate cases, Bagley was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime to commit a felony, two charges of larceny, two charges of receiving stolen property, two charges of conspiracy and a charge of vandalizing property.
When he appeared in court before Judge Philip A. Contant, Bagley pleaded guilty to all the charges and was sentenced to seven two year terms and a one year term in the house of correction.
However, Contant ordered that the terms be served concurrently.
But Bagley is apparently a multi faceted burglar and had also been charged, in a separate case brought by city detective Todd Edwards, with breaking into a Franklin Street liquor store.
Edwards reports that video evidence shows Bagley running at full speed to slam into a door at the store in an unsuccessful attempt to force his way inside.
When that effort did not succeed, Bagley was able to force open a metal security gate covering a glass door which he broke to gain entry.
Edwards reports that, once inside, Bagley stole “a 30 pack of Milwaukee’s Best beer valued at $20.”
Bagley was charged with breaking and entering and larceny as a result and he pleased guilty to those charges too.
Contant sentenced him to one year concurrent terms in jail for each of those crimes but ordered that they be served “on and after” he completes his other sentences.
In a case which may appear out-of-character for Bagley, he was also arraigned on charges of larceny, receiving a stolen credit card, attempting to commit a crime and three charges of improper use of a credit card.
Edwards reports those charges are connected to a credit card than Bagley told Edwards that he found.
After allegedly using the card to pay for an evening of drinking for two at an Elm Street bar, Bagley thrice allegedly attempted to use the purloined card at a nearby convenience store where it was rejected because it had been reported to have been stolen.
Those charges are pending and Bagley will return to court May 29 for a hearing.
King has also been arraigned on charges stemming from his role in the burglaries and is scheduled to appear June 12in Westfield District Court.
