Police arrested the suspects Monday night.
Ramon RodriguezSPRINGFIELD – Police said they arrested a 21-year-old city man and a 15-year-old juvenile Monday night on vehicle break-in and other charges after spotting one of them apparently acting as a lookout outside a Chestnut Street parking garage.
Officers John Zollo and Jose Robles were on patrol near 122 Chestnut St. shortly after 6:15 p.m. when they spotted one of the suspects looking up and down the street, Sgt. John M. Delaney said.
As they approached, they spotted the suspect, who was standing near a bike, talking to somebody inside, Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said When the officers stopped to investigate a second suspect emerged from the garage and both ran after the officers began questioning them.
The officers caught and arrested the two suspects and found two cars with smashed windows inside the garage. Recovered were a Bluetooth earpiece, a DVD remote, radar detector and head rests with DVD screen monitors, Delaney said.
Ramon Rodriguez, 21, of 15 Clayton St., was charged with two counts of breaking and entering into a vehicle, larceny over $250, resisting arrest and trespassing.