Arrested were Amherst residents Justin Satterfield, Jack M. Ryan-Ackerman, Daniel J. Dickinson, and Tobias K. Luz.
From left, top row: Daniel J. Dickinson, Tobias K. Luz. Bottom row: Jack M. Ryan-Ackerman, Justin Satterfield.
AMHERST - Four town residents were arrested early Saturday and charged with breaking into some units at Puffton Village Apartments off North Pleasant Street, police said.
Lt. Ronald A. Young said police were called to the apartment complex by 911 just before 3:30 a.m. for a report of a break-in in progress.
Police stopped a Toyota Camry leaving the area, he said. The four occupants were arrested after witnesses identified them as the people they had seen trying to break into an apartment, he said.
A subsequent investigation showed at least one apartment had been broken into, and attempts had been made to get into several others, Young said.
Arrested were Justin Satterfield, 19, Jack M. Ryan-Ackerman, 18, Daniel J. Dickinson, 22, and Tobias K. Luz, 20, all of Amherst.
Satterfield and Ryan-Ackerman were charged with night-time breaking and entering, two counts of attempted burglary, and possession of burglary tools. Dickinson and Luz were each charged with a single count of nighttime breaking and entering.
Luz was also charged with driving while intoxicated, Young said.
The four were being held at the Hampshire County House of Correction in lieu of $2,500 bail pending their court arraignments.
Young noted that none of the four are students at any of the area colleges.