March 3, 2011 - 4:17pm
Police arrest man suspected of 5 off-campus home invasions
BY STEPHANIE STEINBERG
A man suspected of committing five home invasions on Washtenaw and North University avenues Friday and Saturday was arrested by the Ann Arbor Police early Saturday night after police identified the man walking down the street.
The male was arrested on warrants and not for the two home invasions that occurred on Saturday, according to AAPD Lt. Myron Blackwell. However, Blackwell said police suspect the man was involved in the home invasions because he fit the description provided by the victims.
He added that the same officers who took all five home invasion reports spotted the man in the vicinity of where the home invasions took place.
“Based on reports of yesterday and reports of today the officers said ‘Wait a minute, that’s the guy who was wearing the same clothes from yesterday,’” he said.
Blackwell did not know the exact location of where the man was arrested, but said the arrest occurred in the area of Washington and North University avenues.
According to Blackwell, the man is in his early 20s. Blackwell did not know if the man is a University student.
The AAPD will be contacting the victims of the home invasions to see if they can identify the man. If they identify him as the invader, Blackwell said the man will be charged.
