BANGOR, Maine — A man has been arrested, following an alleged burglary that took place Thursday morning in Bangor.
According to the Bangor Police Department, officers responded to a report of a burglary happening at 145 State St. around 6:40 a.m. on March 24. A witness told officers a man had broken through the window of the business at that address and had stolen some items, including a gun.
Police and a police dog unit searched the area but couldn't find the alleged suspect. Detectives from the Bangor Police Criminal Investigation Division later found arrested Clyde Cooper, 51, on March 26.
Cooper was out on bail for a previous alleged burglary related to a motor vehicle arrest in Bangor when he was taken into police custody.
Cooper has been charged with burglary, theft of a firearm, violation of conditions of release, and possession of scheduled drugs.
He is being held at the Penobscot County Jail on $4,000 cash bail.
He has also been charged with a separate burglary at a different business at 44 Main St. in Bangor. That incident happened on March 14.
