The smoke-eater charged with plundering firehouses after his FDNY brethren raced off to his bogus calls was arraigned Tuesday in Staten Island on burglary and other charges.
Joseph Keene, 34, of Hicksville, failed to post $7,500 bail and was shipped off to Rikers Island.
Keene, who allegedly copped to committing similar crimes in Queens, was rearrested Monday to face charges in Staten Island Criminal Court.
When firefighters responded to his fake calls, Keene allegedly would sneak into their buildings and search lockers and other areas to find cash.
Keene committed three of the burglaries in Staten Island between May 24 and June 2, according to a criminal complaint.
At 1400 Richmond Ave., Keene stole money from a bag and a box in the kitchen and from a shirt on the night of May 24 while firefighters were responding to a transformer explosion, the complaint states.
On two other dates, May 29 and June 2, Keene made phony reports and then burglarized vacant firehouses at 875 Jewett Ave. and 1573 Castleton Ave., prosecutors charge.
“I called in an odor of gas to Forest Ave.,” the complaint states, quoting Keene. “When (firefighters) left quarters, I entered their firehouse and stole money from their kitchen.”
His next appearance in Staten Island Criminal Court is set for Aug. 2.
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