Following a lengthy police foot chase, Arlington police July 2 captured a man suspected in numerous break-ins in town. Bennet Mesgoun, 22, of 35 Fremont Court, was to be arraigned in Cambridge District Court on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, larceny over $250, malicious destruction of property and resisting arrest. 

Police provided the following account:

About 10:35 a.m. July 2, a Medford woman reported witnessing a young man breaking into and entering a motor vehicle near Massachusetts Avenue and Amsden Street. Police responded immediately and gave chase to the suspect who had fled the area after spotting police cars. 

Several Arlington officers who were on duty as well as police detail officers responded to the area and set up a several block perimeter.

After about an hour, police flushed out the suspect in the Waldo Road area after an alert resident called 911.

The suspect again fled the area on foot, and officers were able to subdue the suspect after he scaled a fence and ran into the St. Paul’s Cemetery, where Inspector Michael Sheehan had been waiting.

Two officers suffered minor injuries during he chase. The names were unavilable.

The property stolen from the vehicle -- a laptop computer and GPS System -- was recovered in a nearby yard and returned to the owner.

Before his arraignment, the suspect was held overnight at Arlington police headquarters.     

Mesgoun is known to Arlington police.

According to the Arlington police log, on Friday, May 30, at 11:40 p.m., police arrested Mesgoun on warrants for conspiracy to violate the drug law, possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug, possession of a Class B drug and drug violation near a school or park.

Police assigned to the Proactive Crime Enforcement, PACE, team recognized Mesgoun outside his house and knew he had an arrest warrant. Officer Brian Gallagher made the arrest.