Milford Man Charged With Breaking & Entering

MILFORD, MA- Police arrested a Milford man Wednesday and charged him with breaking and entering a home on Ravenna Street.

Police received a call from the homeowner on Wednesday afternoon about a break-in that happened on Tuesday between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. while he was asleep. The homeowner said $1,000 in cash, a laptop worth $1,000, three playstation controllers worth $180 and five video games worth $300 were stolen.

The homeowner told police he usually leaves the front door unlocked and he believes that is how the man originally got in. He said he began locking the door after that and on Wednesday morning he heard someone trying to open the locked door.

He told police, when he walked out of his bedroom to see what was happening he found Domingos Teixeira, 18, inside the home. The homeowner grabbed and confronted Teixeira, who said he was there to see the homeowner's son, according to the police report.

The homeowner told police he did not know Teixeira but knew he was a friend of his son's and when he went to grab his cellphone to call his son, Teixeira had run away. The homeowner said he saw Teixeira run to a car and gave police a description.

The description led police to Teixeira's home where his mother opened the door and brought Teixeira downstairs. Teixeira confirmed that he was in the Ravenna home but denied stealing anything and said he was only there to speak with the homeowner's son.

According to the police report Teixeira said he knew who broke into the home but didn't want to snitch. Police did not find any of the stolen items in Teixeira's home. He was arrested and charged with breaking and entering.

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