The suspect was apprehended less than a mile away.
LUDLOW – A 28-year-old man was charged with breaking into a car and malicious damage of a motor vehicle after a man witnessed the alleged crime and called police.
Angelo D. Abair, of Rapalus St., Springfield, was arrested at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday at the corner of East and Lakeview streets. He is being held on $25,000 bail and scheduled to be arraigned Monday, Police Sgt. Daniel Valadas said.
The son of the woman who owns the car called police and then confronted Abair, accusing him of breaking into the car. The two fought and then Abair ran from the East Street area and was found by police less than a mile away, Valadas said.