Man arrested after allegedly breaking into over a dozen cars on Christmas Eve
“We know someone who’s getting coal in their stocking this year for sure.”
A Gloucester man allegedly broke into over a dozen cars and a home in Swampscott on Christmas Eve and was arrested shortly after he apparently hit the horn of a pickup truck he was attempting to get out of.Dante Diodate, 27, was set to be arraigned on Thursday on larceny charges in connection with the alleged break-ins, according to WHDH.“The Grinch came last night unfortunately, but……so did we with the help of an alert resident,” Swampscott police said in a Facebook post
Wednesday. “We know someone who’s getting coal in their stocking this year for sure.”
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Todd Flannery told WHDH that he and his wife woke up when they heard their dog barking and the pickup truck horn around 4 a.m. Flannery then pursued Diodati on Mostyn Street in his truck. Diodati was soon arrested following a traffic stop by police. They found various allegedly stolen items, including a flat-screen television.
“Our Santa clauses took care of it, Santa elves, the blue ones,” Swampscott Police Sgt. Jay Locke told the news station. “It’s unfortunate for this to happen any morning but for people to get up and have to deal with this instead of being with their families.”
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