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Crime & Safety

Drunk Man Tried to Break into Oak Bluffs Home, Police Say

From the Oak Bluffs Police Department Facebook page. Arrest information does not indicate convictions.

An early-morning call for help from an Oak Bluffs resident resulted in the arrest of an allegedly intoxicated man on suspicion of breaking and entering and of trespassing, according to a post on the Oak Bluffs Police Department Facebook page (above).

The post did not identify the man who reportedly was trying to force his way into the home when police were called about about 2:45 a.m.

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