Watertown Police arrested a 38-year-old man who they caught in the act of trying to break into a home on Adams Street.
On Jan. 26 at 12:38 p.m., Police received a call from a resident who saw a man standing on the lower roof of a nearby home, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor.
“An officer in the area arrived and observed a man standing inside the screen door of the basement,” O’Connor said. “The suspect saw police and began to walk away.”
Police stopped the man, and identified him as Edwin P. Lopez of Watertown. While investigating the scene, police found foot prints on a lower roof of the home. They also found a screen on a cellar window had been cut with a sharp object. Police found a knife on Lopez when they searched him.
Looking at his record, police found that Lopez also had two outstanding warrants.
Edwin P. Lopez, 38, of Watertown, was arrested on two counts of attempting to commit a crime – daytime breaking and entering for a felony, possessing a burglarious instrument, wanton destruction of property over $250 and carrying a dangerous weapon, O’Connor said. He also was booked on the two warrants from Boston District court, one for a probation violation and the second for daytime breaking and entering, larceny over $250, and wanton destruction of property over $250.