Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, April 10, 1990 TAG: 9004100601 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: EVENING SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Alvin Maurice Fletcher, 19, of the 700 block of Hunt Avenue Northwest, was arrested near a home in the 400 block of Willow Oak Drive.
Authorities received a report that someone was trying to break into the home at 1:18 a.m. Sunday, police said. The caller told police he had heard breaking glass.
A police officer who responded saw a man in the basement wearing a white cloth draped over his head.
The man, who apparently had entered through a broken basement window, fled and was caught a short distance away in a wooded area, police said.
The man, who gave several false names to police, was carrying two butcher knives, authorities said. No one in the home was confronted.
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