RUMFORD, Maine — A Rumford man was arrested Friday after police said he stole two packages from a home on Penobscot Street.

A resident reported the theft and provided video footage showing a white, middle-aged man wearing a black hoodie with an Adidas emblem, black pants, and white sneakers, Rumford police said in a social media post .

Officers canvassed the neighborhood and, with help from community members, identified the suspect as 35-year-old Kenneth Armstrong of Maine Avenue, according to police.

With assistance from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, officers entered an apartment and found Armstrong hiding under clothing and bedding materials, police said. The two stolen packages were recovered inside the residence.

Armstrong was taken into custody without incident and was

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