The city man is accused of stealing items from a West 29th Street residence on Monday morning.

Erie police said sled tracks left in the snow led officers to items stolen in a burglary at a westside residence on Monday morning and to a suspect in the crime.

Matthew S. McClure, 28, is accused of breaking into a garage at a residence in the 2000 block of West 29th Street and stealing various items, including tools and hunting gear, according to city police detectives and information in McClure's criminal complaint. Investigators charge that McClure also stole a sled from the garage and used it to transport the stolen items.

Police officers who responded to the West 29th Street residence after the burglary was reported shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Monday were able to follow tracks made by the sled to a residence in the 2900 block of Hampton Road, less than two blocks away, where the officers found the burglary victim's items inside a garage and inside a residence by the front door, Erie police Detective William Bailey wrote in the criminal complaint.

McClure was taken into police custody from the Hampton Road residence shortly after 9 a.m. Monday. He was arraigned Monday night by Erie 5th Ward District Judge Paul Bizzarro on charges including felony counts of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property.

McClure was in the Erie County Prison on Tuesday on $25,000 bond on the charges in the burglary and on a parole violation. Authorities said he is under investigation in another recent burglary in the Erie area.

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