Emmanuel Velazquez-Garcia, 34, of Dickenson Street and Lyndsay Paquette, 25, of Belmont Avenue, both of Springfield, were arrested early Wednesday morning after police allegedly matched one of their shoes to a footprint left on a burglary victim's door.
SPRINGFIELD - Emmanuel Velazquez-Garcia, 34, of Dickenson Street and Lyndsay Paquette, 25, of Belmont Avenue, both of Springfield, were arrested early Wednesday morning after police allegedly matched one of their shoes to a footprint left on a burglary victim's door.
Just after 3 a.m., officers on patrol on Oswego Street in the city's South End noticed the duo acting suspiciously, according to Capt. Cheryl Clapprood.
"The officer stopped them for a conversation and a couple minutes later a man at a house down the street reported that his home had been broken into," Clapprood said. "They matched the Nike Air Jordans he was wearing to the perfectly-clear footprint left on the door he kicked in."
Clapprood said officers found property from the Oswego Street victim's home in their possession as well as a military ID belonging to a man from Chicopee with no known connection to the suspects or the South End victim.
Velazquez-Garcia and Paquette were both charged with breaking and entering at night, possession of burglary tools, receiving stolen credit cards and receiving stolen property.
They were both held awaiting arraignment in Springfield District Court.