Rutland Herald
On Nov. 14, Bryce Smith-Wallett, 23, was charged with felony grand larceny, two misdemeanor counts of unlawful mischief and one misdemeanor count of petty larceny.
If convicted, Smith-Wallett could be sentenced to a maximum 13 years behind bars.
A witness spotted Smith-Wallett running from one of the vehicles after smashing a rear window in an out-of-state car parked at the Brewer’s Corner hiking and parking area, according to Vermont State Police.
The witness, Ben Reardon, 18, of Pittsford, told police he was returning to the parking area after a long hunt when he saw a man in a brown hooded sweatshirt jump out of a Ford F-150. Reardon said he heard smashing and shouted from the top of his lungs. The man in the brown hooded sweatshirt ran from one of the cars, which had Massachusetts plates, and was carrying something in his arms, police said.
After responding to Reardon’s call for help, police said they asked several hikers on Wheelerville Road if they had seen a Ford F-150. The hikers said they saw the vehicle speeding toward Route 4, police said.
Robert Osnoe, 27, a tow truck operator, told police at that time, he followed the truck after it pulled off Wheelerville Road and onto Route 4 after hearing a call on his scanner.
Trooper Aron McNeil found the truck on Killington Road and asked the driver, Trevor J. Polcaro, 24, to step out of the vehicle.
Polcaro denied any involvement with the break-ins and told police his passenger, Smith-Wallett, broke the windows and stole the contents of the purses, then threw them out the truck window.
Conversely, Smith-Wallett told police that he and Polcaro had never been on Wheelerville Road and did not break any windows or steal any purses.
The unrelated victims of the break-ins, Adam Frankel, 31, of Massachusetts and Suzanne Lee, 37, of Hanover, N.H., told police they had been hiking for the day and when they returned to the trailhead, noticed their rear windows were broken.
Frankel said his wife’s purse had been stolen and it contained her Apple iPhone, wallet, credit cards, and an 18-karat gold tennis bracelet with diamonds and sapphires.
Police said the bracelet belonged to Frankel’s wife’s grandmother and was priceless to her, but that its estimated material value was $3,000. Frankel said their loss, including damage to the vehicle, was more than $4,000, police said.
Lee told police that a North Face tote was taken from her car, and it contained vehicle key fobs and clothing valued at about $200.
Later, at the Rutland State Police barracks, Smith-Wallett admitted to police he broke the windows in the vehicles and the thefts were to support an opiate addiction.
Smith-Wallett has a hearing scheduled Feb. 1 in Rutland criminal court.
Comment: What were they doing on Killington Road? Does Trevor Polcaro live there or were they at a friend's house. Where on Killington Road was the truck found? Was Polcaro charged with aid and abetting the break ins?
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