SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A Springfield man was charged in connection with breaking into vehicles, after being located by police using city cameras.

The Springfield Police Department states that on Tuesday at around 2:00 a.m., officers were sent to a hotel on East Columbus Avenue for a report of a suspect who was breaking into vehicles. The Springfield Police Real-Time Analysis Center (R-TAC) utilized city cameras to give officers a description of the suspect.

Officers located the suspect, who was later identified as 26-year-old Alex Mestre of Springfield, on Norwood Street. He is suspected of breaking into at least two motor vehicles. Mestre had a toolbox with him when officers stopped him, which was returned to one of the vehicle's owners.

Mestre had two outstanding warrants for his

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