Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A convicted criminal allegedly tried to scam his way into the home of a top New York police union official -- a decision that landed him in jail. Ex-con Anthony Genovese allegedly tried to enter the home of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, the New York Daily News reported. Advertisement Genovese's alleged attempt to enter Lynch's home was foiled by the union official's dog and his wife, Cathy, who contacted her husband to let him know someone was stealing their Volvo. Police arrested Genovese and Laurie Kernahan, whose appearance was similar to that of Lynch's wife, and took the suspects in for questioning. That's when Lynch got his chance to ask Genovese why he had chosen his house to rob. "Before the cops from the 111th Precinct pulled him out of the car, I asked him why he had gone to that particular house," Lynch told the Daily News. "He told me, 'The woman with the dog, I know her husband.' He didn't before -- but he does now."
