Swampscott Police Help Arrest Marblehead B&E Suspect

By ADAM SWIFT (Patch Staff)

A 21-year-old Lynn man was arrested in Swampscott on Tuesday afternoon for an alleged breaking and entering that took place in Marblehead earlier in the day.

Jeremiah Fitzgerald Wooden, of 178 Chestnut St., #2R in Lynn, was charged with receiving stolen property over $250, receiving stolen property under $250, and breaking and entering.

Shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Marblehead police officers were called to a home along the Humphrey Street corridor for a report of a break-in, which occurred sometime during the day, according to police.

The resident said that items had been stolen and that the suspect had been on both floors of the home. While police were working that case, a second resident phoned police from the same street and said their home had also been entered and items were stolen.

Several of the stolen items from both homes were recovered nearby. A description was obtained of a possible suspect and broadcast to patrol units, according to police.

A short time after that, police said an alert resident on a nearby street reported seeing an unknown man jumping over a fence into another neighbor’s yard along Humphrey Street.

While officers continued to search the area, Marblehead detectives continued to conduct interviews and got a description of the vehicle the suspect might have been using to get out of town.

A radio broadcast was put out for the suspect and an alert Swampscott Police officer spotted the car on Humphrey Street in Swampscott and stopped it. Officers from Marblehead joined the Swampscott Police and Wooden was taken into custody without incident.

Wooden was ordered held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned at Lynn District Court on Wednesday.

There is some reason to believe that the suspect and victims may have been familiar with each other, according to Marblehead police.