BRUNSWICK
A Brunswick police officer was in the right place at the right time Tuesday night when a resident flagged him down after finding two intruders in his home.
Shortly before midnight Tuesday, the man returned to his School Street home and opened the door to find two men inside his home. He confronted them and they fled out the back door, said Brunswick Police Cmdr. Tom Garrepy.
As he stepped back outside planning to cut them off at the back door, Garrepy said he alerted Officer Matthew Nicholson, who happened to be driving by at that moment.
“It was perfect timing,” Garrepy said.
Nicholson got out of his cruiser and chased the men. He was able to take Casey James Mcenry, 24, of Durham into custody.
He called in the incident at 11:51 p.m., drawing more officers.
Garrepy said the other man, Damian Everett Grubb, 18, of Topsham, continued to run toward the Tontine Mall, located adjacent to School Street, where they’d apparently parked a car.
Sgt. Edward Yurek arrived at the Tontine Mall and confronted Grubb, who was in the vehicle getting ready to leave. Garrepy said Yurek ordered Grubb to stop several times. Officer Christopher Balestra arrived and stopped Grubb at gunpoint as he allegedly starting to pull away.
Both men were arrested, charged with burglary, refusing to submit to arrest or detention and theft by un-authorized taking or transfer. They were taken to Cumberland County Jail in Portland and each have a $11,000 cash bail and Portland Superior Court dates of April 18.
Garrepy said a third man standing near the rear of the vehicle had quickly walked away during the incident toward 7-Eleven on Maine Street. Garrepy said the man, Jeremiah J. Munsey, 22, of Bowdoinham, was arrested several minutes later at 7-Eleven on a juvenile warrant issued by Sagadahoc County for false public alarm or report. The warrant set a $500 cash bail, which Munsey was unable to post and he was taken to Cumberland County Jail.
No one was hurt during the incident which, Garrepy said, remains under investigation.
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