Teen charged after police chase also charged in Christmas Eve car break-ins

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said 18-year-old Javionte Webb, who is facing charges for a recent chase by troopers, is the same teen involved with multiple car break-ins at Guardian Angel’s Church in Henrietta on Christmas Eve.

During a Christmas Midnight Mass in December of 2024, deputies said windows were broken on multiple cars at Guardian Angel’s Church and items were stolen from the cars.

Deputies said they were able to identify Webb as the person involved in these break-ins after him and three other teens broke into cars in Pittsford back in January and took off and crashed a stolen vehicle. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office said they made that connection after interviewing the four teens.

After both of these break-ins, Webb faced the following charges:

• Two counts of petit larceny
• Three counts of criminal mischief
• Was issued an appearance ticket and released

In this most recent chase that happened around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, troopers tried to pull over a car that was reported stolen.

The chase went through several streets and ended on Glenwood Avenue off Lake Avenue after troopers used a tire deflation device.

State Police say they chased down Webb after he ran from the car. Webb is charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and several traffic infractions.

After being charged by state police Tuesday, Webb was turned over to Monroe County for outstanding warrants.

Lt. Lee Martin of the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office said its quite frustrating for law enforcement when they see a person commiting crimes repeatedly and that it is quite common for people to commit the same crimes over and over.

New York State has what is called the “Bail Reform” law which aims to reduce pre-trial detention and incarceration by eliminating cash bail for many non-violent offenses.

“I think bail reform was maybe initially designed for that to make it where bail wasn’t punitive and it wasn’t based on your financial, wherewithal to be able to bail yourself out,” said Lt. Martin. “So, but what is ended up happening is you end up not being able to the public becomes, less safe, for lack of any better terms.”

Lt. Martin said it’s not just Rochester and Monroe County facing these issues. He once had a deputy arrest the same person nearly a dozen times for grand larceny.