SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) – Police are issuing a warning after they arrest a man, who claimed to work for ADT, tried to break into a Springfield home.
Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney says that just after 6:00 Sunday night, officers responded to a home on Ambrose Street after someone called saying that a man was trying to break in through a back door.
When officers arrived, the homeowner told them that the man tried forcing the door open a few times when the homeowner called out and asked what the suspect was doing.
The suspect, identified by police as 48-year-old Kenneth Spence of Springfield, allegedly yelled back that he was from ADT and needed to check the system. The homeowner also noted that the man had a clipboard with ADT written on it.
The homeowner asked for identification, which Spence was not able to provide, and when the suspect learned that police were called, he fled in a Chevrolet Impala.
A short time later, police spotted the car and pulled it over near Boston Road and Denver Street, with Spence allegedly behind the wheel.
When officers searched the car, Delaney says that they found that clipboard along with an ADT sign and ADT I.D. However, when contacted by police, ADT noted that Spence never worked for the company.
Spence is being charges with attempted breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Springfield District Court.
Police warn that home security companies do not make random inspection calls and would never come out at night. These companies, Delaney notes, only respond if summonsed by police or the homeowner.
If someone comes to your home claiming to be with a home security company, Delaney urges homeowners to not let that person into your home.
Delaney adds that detectives are working to figure out if Spence may be responsible for other breaking and entering cases in the city.
Investigators are also asking if anyone had this happen to them in the past week, call the Springfield Police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355.
PLEASE… he’s been hanging out in the Eastfield Mall for years!! Walked the Street like a DOOR TO DOOR sales person for a long time!
Yup. He was at my house. I never let him past the driveway. Matter of fact he was trying to sell me an adt system. I knew he was trouble…..
Why is it that you’ll pay an EXTRA 15% to TIP someone who WROTE down your order and 15 minutes later, WALKS your order to your table??? Why then, WON’T you even offer MORE than a ****ing DOLLAR to have it DRIVEN across town to you, in a nice HOT bag, and using the gas the delivery PAID FOR OUT OF HIS POCKET!!?? MOST Delivery drivers get much less than minimum wage! They PAY for their own gas. They use their OWN CAR, They are NOT reimbursed for ANYTHING. THEY spend their TIME, EFFORT, and FUEL to get your food to you as quickly as they can, in hopes that your “We REALLY appreciate you taking the time to drive all the way out here”, will translate into AT LEAST a mere 10%.!!! And for all you scumbag, dirtball, low-life, welfare cases that cant tip more than the lose change (If) for a $30.00 order… FOCK OFF! You’re an inconsiderate, low life, cheap ***, piece of broke *** garbage! Take your $30 to the GROCERY store and feed your kids some real food for a few DAYS. Do you feel guilty? GOOD! Now Fock off!
wow i used to work with that man in” 04″ but he always had side jobs like that lol he was just trying to sell me some stuff like free home improvement, lol wow
Shay Shay you knew what he was up too…ur were in on it….we all knew u guys were thick as thieves…don’t lie now
sound like u have no life, lol ! and u won’t get my time, say what u want! lol cause by u writing this, clearly shows u don’t know me!
Shay Shay please tell us all about you & Mr. Spences housecleaning scheme that failed.No…not true?
We live in ludlow and back in june this guy came in our backyard and said ‘hi im spence wit’ and flipped up an ADT sign. He tried to push it on us for a good five minutes before he finally got the hint when we were getting in our car. He parked in our driveway and everything. So glad this creep was caught..ill never forget him tho.
Shay Shay just because you didn’t get caught…..yet…dosen’t mean you won’t.Now you are trying to distance yourself from your former partner in crime.