LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A man is facing breaking and entering charges after police say he smashed windows and cash registers at two Lowell gas stations overnight on Tuesday.

Officers responding to an alarm at a gas station on Chelmsford Street at 11:45 p.m. Monday found the front window smashed and the cash register open, police said. Later that night at 3:15 a.m., officers responding to a gas station on Rogers Street found its front door smashed open and register damaged as well.

An officer working a private detail allegedly recognized the suspect at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and arrested him.
Brendan Wetherbee will be arraigned on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and wanton destruction of property.

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