PORTSMOUTH– Police have arrested a Portsmouth man for car break-ins with the help of some alert residents.
On May 23rd in the early morning hours, a number of vehicles parked in the West Cradock section of the city were broken into and ransacked. Most of the vehicles were unlocked.
One victim reported a rear window had been broken.
As word filtered through the neighborhood that someone was entering vehicles and taking items, the residents became more alert and watchful. Several sightings of a suspicious white male walking through the area were reported to police.
Officers conducted field interviews in the neighborhood in an attempt to find the person responsible for tampering with the vehicles.
Some of the residents used their cellular telephones to video suspicious people in the area. Those recordings were turned over to detectives in the Property Crimes Unit. Using the recordings and the data obtained in the officer’s field interviews, police were able to arrest Everson John Wood, 20, of the 3200 block of Scott Street.
Wood has been charged with grand larceny, two counts of tampering with an auto, and third offense larceny in two of the cases. Other charges are pending.
The investigation is ongoing and detectives have additional evidence to review.
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