Crime & Safety
Police Looking for Suspect in Braintree Home Overnight Break-In
The following information was supplied by the Braintree Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Union Street home was broken into sometime last Saturday night, though nothing appeared taken, police said.
The owner said that he discovered on Sunday morning, Aug. 19, a ground level window screen forcibly broken, Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins said in a statement.
But the suspect did not gain entry because the window was locked. Nothing appeared to be taken from the home, Jenkins said.
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"The homeowner went on to report that sometime during a week long vacation from August 8th to the 15th, someone punched a hole in his basement door at the rear of the house and was then able to unlock the deadbolt by reaching inside the hole," Jenkins said.
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