Yesterday, the town of Mansfield, Massachusetts, experienced a wave of car break-ins. The burglaries, which began around 3:19 a.m., resulted in the arrest of six juvenile males from Rhode Island according to Mansfield Police Department.
The first call to the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communications Center (SEMRECC) alerted authorities of someone attempting to break into vehicles on Church Street. Quick response from the Mansfield officers, they converged on the area and observed the suspects fleeing. Assistance was sought from the Massachusetts State Police K9 unit, Foxborough PD, and the MPD Drone, which ultimately played a crucial role in tracking the suspects according to Mansfield Police Department.
Footprints of the escapees were monitored and followed through the backyards and wooded areas between Samoset, Church, and Cottage Streets. Over the course of the morning, residents continued to call in with reports of their vehicles broken into and belongings missing on streets, such as Cottage and Church Street, Hillside Terrace, Glen Street, and Hope Street. Discarded personal items were found scattered throughout the area. The close collaboration among officers, a Massachusetts State Police K9 unit, and the MPD Drone helped maintain a perimeter around the suspects while identifying their movements and tracing their steps as they attempted to evade apprehension as reported by Mansfield Police Department.
By 10:40 a.m., all six suspects were detained and brought to the Mansfield Police Department before being transported to Taunton District Court. The charges against the Rhode Island teens include breaking and entering into a motor vehicle (nighttime and daytime), malicious damage to a motor vehicle, larceny of a motor vehicle, conspiracy, unlicensed operation, and receiving stolen property as reported by Mansfield Police Department.
