By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to Holland St. last Thursday morning in response to reports of suspicious activity by a man in the vicinity.

Upon arrival, the officers were met by the reporting party and told that a suspicious looking man had placed a bag behind some bushes then walked away from the area.

The reporting party also reportedly told police that the man was observed drinking earlier in the day.

The witness said that he went and looked into the bag after the suspect left the area and found that it contained a new looking laptop computer.

The witness then went to look for the man while his coworker kept an eye on the bag.

Police retrieved the bag from the bushes and confirmed that it did contain a laptop, along with some computer accessories.

A search of the area was conducted and the suspect, later identified as Thomas Hunt, 51, of East Falmouth, was found with a small group of people in Seven Hills Park.

Officers approached Hunt and asked him if the bag, which they had brought with them, was his. Hunt reportedly denied knowledge of it at first, but later admitted that he had broken into a vehicle and stolen it.

In the meantime, a report of the theft had been made by the victim and the bag, along with its contents, were properly identified and returned to its owner.

Hunt was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with felony daytime breaking and entering of a vehicle or boat and larceny over $250.