A Medford resident was arrested last week for breaking and entering into a Tufts student's home on Sunset Road, according to Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) Sgt. Robert McCarthy.
Robert Kocourek, 36, was arrested by TUPD and Somerville police on Chetwynd Road as he fled the scene of the crime on Thursday night, McCarthy said.
A female student called 911 at 9:06 p.m. on Thursday to report a man breaking into her house on Sunset Road, located near the intersection with Curtis Avenue. Somerville police responded and alerted TUPD, which arrived at the scene first.
Officers searched the area for the man, who had left the house. He was described as white, in his 40s, wearing a New England Patriots shirt and carrying a laptop.
A TUPD officer and a Somerville police officer observed Kocourek, who was wearing a white shirt and otherwise appeared to fit the description, coming out of a driveway on Chetwynd Road, which is adjacent to Sunset Road. Kocourek said he did not live there.
Police officers subsequently searched the area and found a Patriots shirt along with a laptop in the yard from which Kocourek emerged.
The student identified Kocourek as the man who entered her house, and Kocourek admitted guilt, according to McCarthy.
TUPD and Somerville police cooperated effectively, McCarthy said.
"It was a good arrest," he said, adding, "The girl did the right thing not trying to get involved, just calling us."
