By Anabel Sosa, New York Post
April 8, 2020 | 1:37pm | Updated

A pair of serial burglars who thought they could commit break-ins with impunity because cops are busy handling the coronavirus crisis were busted Tuesday, according to officials.

Joseph Porter, 31, and Rebecca Wood, 23, were both arrested around 11:20 a.m in Bay Shore for multiple burglaries throughout Suffolk County, police said.

Cops put the pieces together after realizing the duo’s Hyundai Santa Fe fit the same description of a vehicle used in previously reported burglaries.

Porter admitted to investigators that he believed he would get away scot-free because law enforcement was preoccupied with COVID-19 challenges, police said.

The pair were both slapped with several burglary and attempted burglary charges in connection to a string of 11 incidents that began on March 9.

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The burglaries took place at a variety of garages, repair shops, and gas stations, police said.

Porter was charged separately with one additional burglary at a car wash on Sunrise Highway Mar. 29.

“Suffolk County Police officers have increased patrols to focus on businesses that could be targeted by criminals during this pandemic,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart said in a statement.

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