A Boston man has been arrested after allegedly trying to break into a home in Allston this weekend.
Police responded around 2:25 a.m. Sunday to Chester Street, near Packard’s Corner. A woman told investigators that she was closing her bedroom window when it reopened, with a hand reaching inside.
The man had fled before officers arrived to find the window screen torn and handprints on the glass.
While police were investigating, a man matching the suspect’s description returned, police said. Officers approached the man, who “quickly walked away before breaking into a sprint.”
They chased him, but he got away at first. He was later arrested on the 1000 block of Commonwealth Avenue, in the Packard’s Corner area.
The man, identified as 39-year-old Renato De Oliveira of Brighton, is facing charges of breaking and entering in the nighttime and trespassing.
De Oliveira is expected to be arraigned at an unspecified date in Brighton District Court. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
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