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WORCESTER - A 25-year-old city man was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with breaking into vehicles at the Worcester Public Library, police said.

Worcester police were called to the library at 3 Salem Street at 2:10 p.m. for a report of a man breaking into motor vehicles. When they arrived, they discovered that three vehicles had been broken into, and a suspect was exiting the third vehicle as officers arrived on the scene.

Witnesses had seen the man rummaging through the vehicles, police said, and officers inspecting the vehicles noted that the interiors had been ransacked. Police gathered evidence linking the suspect to the crime.

The suspect, identified as Johnathan Patricio, 25, of 28 Lebanon Street, Worcester, was charged with three counts of breaking and entering a vehicle during the daytime with intent to commit a felony. The investigation is ongoing, police said.