By Jim Clark

Police received reports of a stolen donation jar last week and were advised that the suspected thief was caught in the act on surveillance video.

The incident reportedly took place at Bull McCabe’s, on Somerville Ave., June 10, as the club was sponsoring a fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund.

Based on what the video showed, it appeared that a man removed the donation jar from the bar and hid it in his bag. Approximately 10 minutes later he left the club. The jar was not missed until after the man left.

Police were supplied with a screen shot of the man taken from the surveillance video and were alerted to be on the lookout for him.

On Friday, June 13, police responded to Sarma Restaurant on Pearl St. on reports that a man had allegedly stolen an iPhone from a customer there. The reporting party said that the phone had been stolen from the bar area, where it had been placed earlier.

Officers confronted the man that the reporting party had identified as the person responsible for the theft. The suspect, Kenneth Happas, 46, of Arlington, denied taking the phone and a subsequent search failed to turn up the missing item.

Police did, however, feel that Happas was the same person of interest from the Bull McCabe’s incident, based on the photo supplied to them.

Happas was placed under arrest and charged with larceny over $250 and larceny from a building.