Coolidge Hill Road Residents Spot a Man Trying to Break into their Condo

Two Coolidge Hill Road residents were watching TV when they heard a noise outside and saw a man trying to get in their screen door.

The couple was on the second floor of their condo at 10:14 p.m. on Aug. 23 when they saw a man with a ponytail man on their back deck, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

“They yelled at the man, who fled toward Coolidge Hill Road,” Lawn said.

When they looked at their door, they found a hole in their screen door, next to the handle, Lawn said.

Police officers looked around the area and found a man sitting in a blue Acura on Coolidge Hill Road, but he did not meet the description of the burglar, Lawn said.

Police investigated further, and found that the man in the car was involved in condo break-ins in Cambridge and Brookline.

“With the help of Cambridge and Brookline police, we identified two individuals and we received warrants for two 36-year-old Boston residents,” Lawn said.

The warrants are for attempted breaking and entering and malicious destruction of property, Lawn said.