By Jennifer Glickel
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Only 15 years old, Juan Gonzalez reportedly already has a lifetime's worth of arrests and is being eyed in connection to 25 burglaries in the West Village as well.
Gonzalez was arrested on Friday night in Queens, along with his 13-year-old brother, for robbery, the New York Post reported. It's the boy's 12th arrest in that precinct alone and, in addition to two other arrests, makes for his 14th arrest since his first when he was 11.
"Instead of going to school, he learned how to be a burglar," Gonzalez's stepgrandfather, José Vasquez, told the Post. "Juan said they did all these burglaries for someone else, and the other guy would sell all these laptops they took and sell them."
Authorities are investigating whether Gonzalez is connected to 25 other apartment robberies in the West Village.
Gonzalez's family said they believe the boy is living on the street. His stepgrandfather told the Post, "He calls me on the phone, and says, 'I'm OK. I love you,' and hangs up."
