PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A 16-year-old boy is accused of breaking into a house in Mount Hope — and under investigation for several more in the same area.

Providence Detective Maj. David Lapatin said the police had been getting calls about break-ins in the neighborhood over the last two weeks, and the crime seemed to fit a pattern.

One teen boy living in the area became a "person of interest" for investigators, and police set out to find him.

When detectives found the boy Monday on Pleasant Street, he was carrying a bag with an iPad, two iPods, a computer keypad, speakers and a Kindle, according to a police report. Soon afterward, police got a call from a resident at 154 Lancaster St. who said someone had kicked in the front door and taken several things.

The missing items matched what police found in the boy's bag, Lapatin said.

The teen, who is not identified because he is a juvenile, was charged in the Lancaster Street breaking and entering.