Authorities say pair could have picked a better house to hit By ELAINE ALLEGRINI
The Enterprise
ABINGTON - Maybe they should have checked the street directory first.
Two men were arrested late Wednesday after allegedly breaking into the garage at the Linwood Street home of a correctional officer and his wife, both employees of the Plymouth County sheriff’s department.
And one of the neighbors who came to help subdue the alleged lawbreakers is a Quincy police officer, said John Birtwell, sheriff’s department spokesman.
‘‘Apparently, they picked the wrong house to break into,’’ Birtwell said.
Steven McKinnon, 23, and Harold Rose, 19, both of Brockton, were subdued and held by correctional officer Ken Brady, his wife and two neighbors until police arrived.
The drama unfolded at about 11 p.m. When Brady investigated a suspicious noise in his yard, he saw a man running from the garage and carrying a bicycle, Birtwell said. It was Brady’s bike.
The man complied when Brady ordered him to drop the bike; he also apologized, but when he refused to get on the ground, a struggle ensued, Birtwell said.
Brady’s wife came out of the house with handcuffs and managed to get one of McKinnon’s wrists cuffed, but McKinnon fought back, tried to flee, then threw a few punches at Ken Brady, Birtwell said.
A neighbor responding to the commotion got McKinnon’s other wrist cuffed.
When Rose came to McKinnon’s aid, another neighbor, the unnamed Quincy police officer, helped subdue him until police arrived, Birtwell said.
McKinnon and Rose were arrested and charged with unarmed burglary and larceny from a building.
A woman who police say accompanied McKinnon and Rose was placed in protective custody because she appeared intoxicated, Deputy Police Chief Christopher Cutter said.
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