Crime & Safety

After Canal District Break-Ins, Worcester Police Arrest City Man

Three businesses have been broken into during nighttime hours since March 15, police said.

Worcester police arrested a 54-year-old man on Wednesday after a break-in at Maddi’s Taphouse.
Worcester police arrested a 54-year-old man on Wednesday after a break-in at Maddi’s Taphouse. (Neal McNamara/Patch)

WORCESTER, MA — Worcester police have arrested a local man after a series of nighttime Canal District break-ins this month.

The series began on March 15 with break-ins at El Patron and Tom’s Deli, police said. A surveillance camera captured a third break on Tuesday just before 5 a.m. at Maddi’s Taphouse along Water Street, police said.

The video showed a man wearing dark clothes throwing a rock through the restaurant's door, police said. He wasn't able to get inside, however.

Police circulated the video internally, and identified the suspect as a 54-year-old Fairmont Avenue resident. Police arrested him near Kelley Square around 2 a.m. Wednesday. He was charged with breaking an entering in the night to commit a felony and vandalism in connection to the Maddi's Taphouse incident. The other two break-ins are still under investigation, police said.