Suspect being checked for string of burglaries

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a Rome, Ohio, man on breaking-and-entering charges at about 8:10 p.m. Wednesday on the West Side after reports said his shoes matched prints in the snow at a Burbank Avenue home that had been broken into.

Officers spotted Michael Reese, 26, and another man walking down North Schenley Avenue and went to ask them what they were doing. Officers said said it was strange someone would be walking in the street in cold, snowy weather. Both men ran and police managed to catch Reese at a home in the 600 block of West Heights, but the other man got away.

Police checked to see if Reese had been involved in a string of recent burglaries in the area and noticed footprints into a vacant Burbank Avenue home. Reports said there were several copper pipes outside the home and not only did Reese’s shoes match the footprints but his gloves had the same residue that covered the pipes.

Reese was taken to Mahoning County jail.