Man arrested in connection with Trumbull burglaries

HOWLAND

Detectives with the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a 46-year-old man in connection with two home burglaries.

They also believe he’s responsible for about a dozen car break-ins Wednesday morning in Fowler and Bristol townships.

The man was arrested at the Capri Motel in Howland Township Wednesday and is being held in the Trumbull County jail on a probation violation, said Maj. Thomas Stewart of the sheriff’s office.

He is believed to have broken into a home on Hyde Shaffer Road in Bristol Township Wednesday and a home on Beech-Smith Road in Kinsman Township Aug. 17, Stewart said.