The burglaries, which occurred between 2005 and 2015, caused some neighborhoods to supplement police patrols with private security.
Besides Staten Island, the universal plea agreement covers crimes in Connecticut; New Jersey; and Albany and Saratoga counties in New York, McMahon said.
The case took a major turn during an October 2014 law enforcement meeting when a detective from Saratoga Springs, in upstate New York, told New York City officers that her department was investigating a residential burglary pattern, and that Costanzo was the main suspect.
