GREENFIELD — A Westfield man has been sentenced to six to seven years in state prison after stealing from and vandalizing a Greenfield laundromat nearly a year ago with an accomplice.
Jaime Garcia, 32, appeared before Judge Charles W. Groce III in Franklin County Superior Court last week to change his plea to guilty regarding the seven charges he faced after he and another man broke into the Village Shops Laundromat in October 2025 and stole approximately $300 from an ATM there.
He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering into a building at nighttime for a felony, conspiracy, larceny from a building, breaking into a depository, possession of a burglarious instrument, possession of ammunition without an FID card and vandalizing property.
According to narratives filed by multiple officers with the Greenfield Police Department, authorities were dispatched to the laundromat at 63 French King Highway at roughly 10:40 p.m. on Oct. 28 for a report of a breaking and entering in progress. Laundromat owner Jack Dunphy told dispatchers that he could see on his security cameras that two men were trying to gain access to the business’ back room, where money is kept.
Officer Victor Placinta was the first to arrive, and he reported seeing the described suspects enter a white Dodge van with Connecticut license plates and flee toward Turners Falls Road at a high rate of speed. Officer Connor Parnell then arrived and pursued the suspects down Turners Falls Road. He reported that he reached the White Bridge heading into Montague and found that a van matching the description of the one seen at the laundromat had crashed at the bridge’s entrance.
Parnell wrote in his report that he exited his cruiser and heard someone moaning from the ground, about 40 to 50 feet underneath the bridge. He reportedly shined his flashlight down below and saw two men, who were later identified as Garcia and Aleczander Liriano.
According to Parnell, he called out to the two suspects and asked if they were injured. Liriano reported that he believed he broke his nose but couldn’t feel anything due to his heightened adrenaline. Garcia said he had pain in his spine, the police report states.
Both men were treated at the scene by personnel with an American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance before being airlifted to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
According to a narrative filed by Greenfield Police Detective Corey Greene, security footage shows both men running around the laundromat, breaking into different rooms.
“As they worked through the business, they would cover the security cameras with black spray paint,” he wrote.
The business was open at the time, so the exterior doors were not damaged, Greene mentioned.
He reported that he conducted a walk-through of the laundromat and saw that several interior doors had been smashed open, causing “a lot of damage.” Greene also noted that a free-standing ATM had been broken open with an acetylene torch.
Inside the van, authorities found a backpack containing a torch, several hundred dollars in cash, rubber gloves, burglary tools and a can of black spray paint. A .40-caliber bullet was found between the van’s front seats, though there was no firearm. A 3-foot pry bar was also located in the van, according to a narrative filed by Greenfield Police Sgt. Todd Clark.
Liriano is being held in the Hampden County Jail and House of Correction. His next scheduled appearance in Franklin County Superior Court is set for Tuesday, Sept. 22.
