Man arrested for two JP break-ins when victims had been allegedly sleeping

The person allegedly tried to drag off an 80-year-old sufferer’s blanket whereas he was sleeping and, in one other break-in, lunged and yelled “boo!” at a 23-year-old girl, police say.

A Hyde Park man has been taken into custody in reference to a pair of early August break-ins in Jamaica Plain, officers stated.

Michael Smith, 37, is charged with assault, breaking and getting into, and breaking and getting into within the daytime with intent to commit a felony and putting an individual in concern, Suffolk County District Legal professional Kevin Hayden’s workplace introduced Tuesday in a press launch.

The primary incident occurred on Heath Road round 4 a.m. on Aug. 2, when a 23-year-old girl woke as much as a sound in her residence, Hayden’s workplace stated.

The lady reported seeing somebody standing in her doorway, shining a flashlight at her. The individual positioned her cat inside her bed room and shut the door. A couple of minutes later, the girl stepped outdoors her room and found a person, later recognized as Smith, inside her lavatory, prosecutors stated.

Smith then allegedly lunged on the girl whereas yelling “boo!” earlier than fleeing down the fireplace escape, which she had left open previous to going to sleep, the DA’s workplace stated.

Smith is accused of a second break-in three days later at a distinct residence on Heath Road. Round 6:50 a.m. on Aug. 5, he allegedly climbed by means of a window right into a bed room whereas a resident was sleeping and tried to drag off the sufferer’s blanket, the Boston Police Division stated in a press launch.

The sufferer, recognized by prosecutors as an 80-year-old man, stated he had left the window partially open earlier than going to sleep.

Investigators distributed photographs from surveillance video to residents to assist establish the suspect. Afterwards, Smith known as the police station and confirmed he was the individual pictured, Hayden’s workplace stated.

Throughout his arraignment Monday, Smith was ordered to put on a GPS monitor outfitted with an “exclusion zone” to maintain him away from the victims and their properties, in accordance with prosecutors.

Smith has pleaded not responsible and is anticipated to return to court docket Oct. 1 for a pre-trial listening to, court docket information present.

“These are the sorts of crimes that make residents really feel unsafe of their properties and might put complete communities on edge. They influence high quality of life,” Hayden stated. “I’m grateful for the strong police work in circulating the pictures that led to this defendant turning himself in.”

An lawyer for Smith didn’t reply to a request for remark Tuesday afternoon.