By Jim Clark

Police were called to a Mt. Vernon St. residence last Thursday afternoon in response to a report that a man was seen trying to break into the home.

According to reports, a witness to the home intrusion in progress had called 911 and was keeping the police informed until officers arrived. The reporting party reportedly told police that he had spotted a man trying to climb through a window at the back of his neighbor’s house.

When police arrived at the scene they were met by the reporting party who led them to where the attempted break-in was occurring.

The officers reportedly spotted a man, later identified as Christopher Carreiro, 30, of Rockland, trying to climb through a window of the house.

Officers reportedly saw that Carreiro already had one leg in the house as they confronted and attempted to remove him from the window area.

According to reports, one of the officers on the scene recognized Carreiro, having had prior experiences with him in the line of duty.

The officers said that Carreiro did not cooperate at first when they ordered him to step down from the window, but that he did eventually do as police instructed.

The officers noted that the window screen had been sliced open. They asked Carreiro if he was carrying a knife and he admitted that he was. A folding knife was taken from his jacket pocket by police.

Carreiro was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with felony daytime breaking and entering.