SOUTH PORTLAND — Two men were arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with
the burglary of prescription medication from a Broadway apartment.
Police were called to 919 Broadway at 2:20 p.m. after a
witness saw a man enter an apartment through a second-floor window, according
to a release from the South Portland Police Department. Once officers arrived
on the scene, the victims returned home and confirmed that medication had been
taken from their medicine cabinet. One of the witnesses identified the man who
entered the window as an upstairs neighbor.
After the suspects refused to come outside of an upstairs
apartment, a search warrant was authorized and police entered the building's
apartment 3. The initial search turned up nothing, but eventually an officer
located a man hiding in a very small crawl space. He refused to exit, but he
was finally subdued. Rourke Sparks, 26, of South Portland, was arrested and
charged with class B burglary and theft. He is being held at the county jail on
an unknown bail.
Another male was also found under a tarp in the same small
crawl space. Derrick Splude, 27, of South Portland, was initially charged with
refusing to submit to arrest and possession of drugs, but the district attorney
dismissed those charges Monday.
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