Teen Thieves End Up With $3.01 In Loose Change From Break-In: PD

STONEHAM, MA — Three Revere teens who allegedly were trying to break into a pickup truck on Bonad Road were arrested Tuesday evening with an assist from a Melrose K-9.

Police responded around 8:38 p.m. to a report of a break-in. The resident who owned the vehicle told police he was in his home when he saw someone enter his pickup truck, so he called police and took off in pursuit of the suspect. The man also said two men inside another gray vehicle drove off when he began to follow the suspect who was driving his truck.

The suspect driving the truck, later identified as 19-year-old Michael DiCologero, fled so fast his sandals fell off, leaving him to run through snowy backyards with only socks on. A Melrose Police Department K-9 unit assisted Stoneham and Reading police officers in the search.

As police were searching for DiCologero, the gray car drove by and was stopped. Richard Cecere, 19, and Kyle Noftle, 18, denied having anything to do with the break-in, but police arrested them.

A short time later, police received a call from someone on Larson Road who said a man wearing just socks was asking to use the phone. Police arrived and arrested DiCologero, finding $3.01 in loose change he allegedly took from the truck.

The three were arraigned Wednesday at Woburn District Court on charges of breaking and entering in the nighttime to commit a felony, receiving stolen property under $250, and conspiracy.

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