MEDWAY - Police are asking for the public’s help in returning a Masonic ring to its rightful owner after a Medway man suspected of breaking into vehicles was found with it.

The ring was found on Jeffrey Piccinin, 44, of 10 Franklin St., who was arrested Monday afternoon on charges stemming from an alleged car break.

Police have since been searching for the ring’s owner, and has included inquiries to several area lodges and pawn shops that have had Masonic rings pawned recently.

Despite the efforts, the owner has not been found. Police have posted Piccinin’s mugshot to Facebook and are asking the public for help via a Facebook post.

According to a police affidavit on file in Wrentham District Court, a resident of Guernsey Street reported just after 4:30 p.m. that someone just broke into his vehicle, parked in his driveway.

The area has been the location of “multiple vehicle breaks” in recent days, police noted in the report.

As police were en route to the home, the victim reported that he saw the suspect, Piccinin, run toward Lincoln Street.

Police eventually saw a man walking on a nearby street that matched the description offered by the victim. As police were pulling up, Piccinin put an item he was holding into his pocket.

Piccinin told police he was “just walking around,” but couldn’t provide details about where he was walking from and denied breaking into or looking into vehicles, according to police.

Police checked with a neighbor who said she saw a “strange vehicle” in her driveway and then a woman walked “from the direction of her home” to the vehicle, which then took off upon the homeowner's arrival.

The woman told police that just a few minutes later, she saw a man matching Piccinin’s description walking in the area. She eventually identified him via a suspect lineup.

On Piccinin, police found change which is believed to have been stolen from the vehicle, but they also found the ring “that had the symbol of Freemasonry.”

Piccinin said he wasn’t a member and claimed that he found it while walking to Market Basket on Rte. 126 in Bellingham, but there aren't any lodges in Bellingham. The nearest lodge is in Medway, conveniently located within viewing distance from the victim's home.

He is being charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle and larceny under $250.

He was released on personal recognizance at his Wrentham District Court arraignment Tuesday, but failed to appear for a hearing in Framingham District Court. The court has issued a warrant for his arrest.

According to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, there are no lodges in Bellingham. The nearest are in Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Uxbridge, Framingham, Foxborough and one on Cottage Street in Medway within view of the victim’s home.

Detective Matthew Reardon has even reached out to former Medway Fire Chief Wayne Vinton, the junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons. That position is the third-highest elected Mason in the state.

Despite Vinton’s rank in the order, no rightful owner has been located as of yet, Reardon said. Vinton could not be reached for comment.

Zachary Comeau can be reached at 508-634-7556 and zcomeau@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @ZComeau_MDN.