Police: 2 Men spotted burglarizing home

Two Hempstead men face burglary charges, thanks to an alert witness who noticed them acting suspiciously near a Garden City home Wednesday, Nassau County police said.

Third Squad detectives said a woman noticed two men outside a home on Maxwell Road at about 2:35 p.m.

The woman also saw that the rear sliding door of the residence was open. When she looked inside, she saw the two men and yelled at them, police said. The two unlocked the front door and fled.

Garden City police later stopped the two suspects on Arthur Street, and they were identified by the witness, detectives said.

Police arrested Markus Bracken, 18, of 100 Terrace Ave., Apt. 534, and Cordaro Jones, 19, of 145 Terrace Ave., Apt. 3b.

One of the men had a backpack with assorted jewelry, police said, and a bolt cutter was found in a rear yard.

Police said both are charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools and are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.