Arrest in Northborough Break-In Has Westborough Tie

By Charlene Arsenault

Northborough Police have arrested a suspect in the break-in of a former antique shop in their town around 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

A license plate lead led Northborough officers to a Westborough address. A resident there said the car was registered in her name, but she let the suspect drive it, police said.

The car's owner confirmed that the suspect, Emilio Antonio Rosales, kept the vehicle at his Northborough residence, 219 Hudson St, Apt: 2, police said.

Police said they found Rosales at his home, and that he and his son both fit the description of the burglar. Denying the break to police, Rosales said he had been to a laundry store on Pierce Street, Algonquin Regional High School and Burger King that day.

Rosales showed police a Guatemalan passport that did not have any immigration stamps on it, and does not have a Massachusetts driver's license. 

Police said they took photos of the car back to the witness, who alleged Rosales had broken into the property at 55 Hudson St. 

On Monday, police questioned Rosales again, during which he admitted that he broke the window to the building with a bar. 

"He said he went into the building, turned on the light switch, to see if there was electricity," according to police.

"He told me that he did not touch anything inside and that he did not leave with anything from the building. At first he said he was looking at the house because he thought it was for sale. He later said he did not know if anyone was living in the building. He didn't give a reason for why he did not knock." 

Northborough Police arrested Rosales, 36, and charged him with breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, and malicious destruction of property over $250.

After receiving calls from the building's neighbors, police responded to Hudson Street shortly after 6:30 p.m. A caller said that it sounded like someone was "hatcheting the rear door of the building." 

The door jamb had been splintered and the glass pane to the right of the door was shattered.