Break-in suspect caught after cops find his ID cards

• Police track stolen items to a tent behind a Plymouth Street home where they found Sean O'Brien's Social Security and health care cards.

By Elaine Allegrini

ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

ABINGTON —When police went looking for suspects who broke into seven motor vehicles over the weekend, they had two clues, Social Security and Blue Cross identification cards.

The cards, identifying Sean O'Brien, 33, of 38 Harding Ter­race, Dedham, were found in a tent behind a Plymouth Street house where the suspects spent the night, Police Chief David Ma­jenski said.

Police also found some of the stolen items in the tent, he said.

Residents in the area of Ply­mouth and Pilgrim streets report­ed the breaks Sunday, beginning with a 9 a.m. call to police and con­tinuing through the evening, ac­cording to Majenski. Change, cigarettes, stereos, radar detec­tors, DVDs, binoculars, knives and personal identification cards were among the missing items logged in the reports.

During the investigation, po­lice were led to a tent behind 678 Plymouth St., where there was ev­idence someone spent the night. Further investigation revealed some of the items stolen from the vehicles and O'Brien's identifica­tion cards, Majenski said.

"The homeowner reported speaking to the two (suspects) the night before," the chief said.

And, officer Todd Cantalupo had responded to a report of a dis­turbance in the area Saturday night, noting the names of the two men he spoke with — O'Brien and Frederick Fusco, 24, of 98 Orvis Road, Revere.

"It was a good bit of police work," Majenski said.

When all the information came together Monday, police found O'Brien in Dorchester, brought him back to Abington and arrest­ed him, the chief said. A warrant is being sought for Fusco's arrest.

Majenski said the two men each face seven counts of breaking and entering in the night to com­mit a felony, seven counts of larce­ny under $250, and single counts of destruction of property over $25 and destruction of property under $250.

Elaine Allegrini can be reached at eallegrini@enterprisenews. com.