Teenage Runaway Charged In Liquor Store Break-In On Cape Cod

YARMOUTH, MA — A teenage runaway was charged in a liquor store break-in in Yarmouth Monday, police said. Officers went to Bass River Liquors around midnight after callers heard a "loud crashing noise and suspicious activity" and saw a person running from the store down Willow Street.

Officers found a 15-year-old boy in the area who had seven nip-sized liquor bottles in his pocket, police said. He told officers he had gotten them from a friend who was staying at a nearby juvenile center.

The boy was arrested and charged with being a person under 21 in possession of alcohol.

He was among a group of runaways that was returned to the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps Adolescent Center on Run Pond Road, police said. Officers matched him to video surveillance footage from Bass River Liquors that showed him repeatedly smashing the front glass and forcing his way in, according to police.

The boy was also charged with breaking and entering nighttime for a felony, larceny under $1,200 and possession of burglarious instrument.