Cops: Bedford Man Caught with Stolen Credit Cards

A local man was arrested yesterday morning on charges after police allegedly found him hiding behind a Manchester home with stolen credit cards in his pocket.

Andrew O’Brien, 35, of Bedford, was arrested on Sept. 21, 2015, and charged with receiving stolen property and loitering/prowling. He was also charged on forgery and theft by deception warrants.

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According to a report, officers were sent to Amherst Street at around 9 a.m. yesterday morning for an unrelated call for service when they reportedly saw a man hiding behind a porch.

The man, O’Brien, was allegedly standing behind a staircase and couldn’t provide a legitimate reason for being on the property, according to police.

“O’Brien reached into his pocket to provide identification, but pulled out additional credit cards and an identification belonging to a woman,” according to Lt. Brian O’Keefe of the Manchester Police Department. The woman was the victim of a theft from her motor vehicle on Sept. 14, 2015. Her purse was removed from her vehicle while parked in front of 88 Commercial St. Her credit cards were used to purchase over $6,000.00 worth of items in the seven days it was missing.”

O’Brien had active warrants and was immediately arrested. According to The Salem News, he was arrested in Danvers, MA, earlier in May for larceny of electronics over $250. O’Brien was held and arraigned earlier today.

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