LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - Lowell police arrested four people believed to be responsible for more than a dozen reported car breaks in the area.
Officers responding to a parking lot behind 3 River Place for reports of a car break-in around 3 a.m. Tuesday heard a window shattering and found two men with baseball bats, according to a release issued by the police department.
Those two men were later identified as Michael Reyes, 18, of Lowell, and Luis Disla, Jr., 20, of Lawrence.
Twenty vehicles in the area were “ransacked” with some sustaining “significant window damage,” police said.
Two more suspects were found in the area and they were later identified as Josue Rivera, 24, of Lowell, and Linda Martin, 24, of Lowell.
All four were found to be in possession of items that were allegedly stolen from the vehicles, including credit cards, cash and electronics, according to police.
Reyes, Disla, Rivera and Martin were all placed under arrest.
Disla, Rivera and Martin were charged with 20 counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle, possession of burglarious tools, larceny over $1,200 and willful damage of property.
Reyes is set to face those charges plus two additional counts of willful damage of property and one charge of resisting arrest.
All four suspects were arraigned Tuesday in Lowell District Court.
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