Police spotted the city man carrying a laptop computer and LCD television.
Kenneth BoldenSPRINGFIELD – Police, patrolling tornado-damaged areas in the Six Corners neighborhood early Thursday, arrested a 44-year-old city man after they spotted him carrying a laptop computer and LCD television as he walked down the street.
When officers Raul Gonzalez and Ariel Toledo asked the backpack-wearing suspect where he obtained the items he was carrying, the man said it was trash that he found on the curb, Sgt. John M. Delaney said.
The officers did not believe the man’s story, however, because it had been raining for hours and the computer and television were dry, Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said. A check on the suspect, meanwhile, revealed that he had an active warrant for possession of cocaine.
After arresting the suspect and placing him in the rear of the cruiser, the officers searched the backpack and found a long crowbar, several CDs, 16 DVDs and mail belonging to 50 Spruce St.
The officers went to that address and found that the front door, which had been boarded up, was kicked in.
Kenneth Bolden, of 50 Clifton St., was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony, larceny from a building, possession of burglarious tools, receiving stolen property over $250.