SACO — New York Police Department detectives Robert Klein and Jacqueline Pagan of the 47th Precinct spent three days in Saco as part of a joint investigation concerning the April 16 theft of a paving roller, valued in excess of $20,000, from a business in The Bronx, New York.

The theft was captured on video surveillance cameras and received heavy media coverage in New York. A crime stopper tip identified Mark Bureau, 37, of 106 Pleasant St., Saco, as a possible suspect, according to a prepared statement from the Saco police.

NYPD requested assistance from Saco Police, which opened an investigation. Using photographs and other information provided by NYPD, Saco detectives were able to identify the man operating the paving roller as Bureau, according to police.

On Monday, Aug. 25, detectives Klein and Pagan flew to Maine to interview Bureau and move forward with their investigation. NYPD was able to obtain an arrest warrant for grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, and authorize extradition to New York, according to police.

Bureau voluntarily surrendered himself on Aug. 26 to Saco Police Detective Sgt. Corey Huntress, who charged him as a fugitive from justice, based on the warrant out of New York. Bureau was taken to the York County Jail in Alfred, police said.

At a court appearance Wednesday, Bureau waived extradition rights, agreeing to return to New York to face the grand larceny charge and was turned over to the NYPD detectives, who flew back with Bureau to New York later Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

The paving roller was recovered, and the owner is making arrangements to come to Maine later this week to retrieve his property, police said.