Alleged Burglars Face Million-Dollar Bonds as Charges Add Up

Two men are being held on million-dollar bonds for numerous counts of burglary after allegedly breaking into and stealing a wealth of goods from “up to 88 homes mostly along Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway” in 2010, including over $70,000 of stolen items from three Wilton residences, the Stamford Advocate reports.  

Bernard McAllister, 41, of Lisbon, Conn., and Mark Missino, 43, of Waterford, Conn. each face 28 counts of criminal charges for a of that .

According to the Advocate, last Friday police formally charged McAllister with three counts of burglary for his alleged involvement with the Wilton burglaries, tacking on another $10,000 bond to McAllister’s current, approximate $1.4 million bond according to the Advocate. Missinio had been charged for the same crimes in 2010, and currently faces a $1.7 million bond, according to the same article.

The accused were arrested in November of 2010, shortly after police apprehended the pair in a Leicester, Mass. Hotel room, according to the Stamford Times.

Since then, police have linked the two men to numerous robberies as detectives rifled through an East Lyme storage container loaded with about 10,000 stolen goods, according to a written last year.

According to Waterford Patch, the officer who helped bust the two men in 2010 had during separate incidents in 1990. The same article states that police found “over $750,000” worth of stolen goods in the East Lyme storage unit.

McAlister and Missino had actually both appeared on television for an episode of “The People’s Court,” (exact air date unknown; the video was uploaded to YouTube on Jan 9 2010) where Missino sued his former landlord for over $3,024.97 for damages to Missino’s boat. He was awarded $300 instead.

During one part of the show, Missino and  McAlister admit to both being in prison for 10 years for burglary stints in the 90s, which is possibly where they met. The defendant in that case testifies that the men “don’t work” and make their money off of playing poker.

The “People’s Court” judge then asks McAlister, “Does that pay well?”

“Not as well as poker,” responds McAlister.