Police: 'Career Criminal' Arrested in Harrison

Harrison Police have arrested a man they believe has been invading homes in Westchester County and Connecticut for more than 30 years.

Thomas Haywood, 48, of 45 Traverse Avenue, Port Chester, was arrested Tuesday after Harrison police identified him as the man wanted for allegedly invading a home in Greenwich. Harrison Police had been monitoring him as a suspect in local burglaries when they were contacted by Greenwich police, said Harrison Police Chief Anthony Marraccini.

Harrison police viewed surveillance tapes in Greenwich and identified Haywood as the same man they were investigating.

"Because we knew his travel patterns and where he was residing, in different places, we sent the surveillance teams out to locate him and we found him," Marraccini said.

Haywood is being held without bail in Westchester County Jail pending his extradition to Connecticut. Guy Austin Wicky McGhee, 46, a man police believe was Haywood's accomplice, was also arrested on Tuesday by Greenwich Police on the same home invasion arrest warrant.

Police called Haywood a "career criminal" who has been committing crimes in Westchester County and Connecticut for more than 30 years.

"He's been in the area committing crimes since 1981," said Marraccini.