LEICESTER, Mass. — A person has been arrested on attempted breaking and entering and drug charges following a report of a suspicious person in Leicester.
Leicester police responded to Pleasant Street around 11:45 a.m. on December 20, after someone reported seeing a suspicious man walking through a yard and trying to get into a house, police say.
Police located a person matching the description of the person walking on Pleasant Street, according to officials.
Police stopped Michael Burnette, 59 of Southbridge. A search of Burnette located two knives, drug paraphernalia, and suspected crack cocaine, police say.
Burnette was arrested on two counts of Breaking and Entering, as well as a charge of Possession of a Class B Controlled Substance.
Burnette was held on $2,500 cash bail. He was arraigned in East Brookfield District Court on December 22, police say.
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