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Following a call to the Emergency Communications Department, Cambridge Police responded to a Decatur Street home at approximately 4:08 a.m. this morning after a resident reported hearing a window in their home being broken. Responding officers arrived within minutes and discovered the home had been broken into and the resident’s motor vehicle had been stolen. At 4:41 a.m., while officers were still investigating the Decatur Street crime, police received a report of a home being broken into a few blocks away on Erie Street near Brookline Street.
Cambridge Police coordinated an extensive search of the area with numerous police officers, including a Boston Police Department canine officer. During this search, at approximately 5:05 a.m., the motor vehicle stolen from the original call on Decatur Street was located by Cambridge Police officers on Essex Street near Massachusetts Avenue. Police subsequently arrested a suspect inside a nearby bank ATM.
The suspect – Spencer E. Santos, a 23-year-old male from Cambridge – was arrested and charged with Larceny of a Motor Vehicle and Unarmed Burglary. He was also arrested on an outstanding Cambridge District Court arrest warrant for Breaking and Entering a Building.
Cambridge Police detectives continue to investigate this morning’s incidents. Anyone with information related to these incidents are asked to call Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300. Those who wish to provide information anonymously may dial the Cambridge Police Anonymous Crime Tip Hotline at 617-349-3359 and leave a message. Anonymous tips may also be sent via the Cambridge Police MyPD mobile app or via text message to 847411. Begin your text with TIP650 and then type your message. To send anonymous tips via email, visit www.CambridgePolice.org/Tips.
Tips to help you protect your homes, vehicles and belongings from theft can be found at www.CambridgePolice.org/SafetyTips.
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