A bungling breaking and entering suspect is facing felony charges after his desperate attempt to get into a brownstone building in Boston’s South End was caught on camera.
The surveillance video was shared exclusively with Boston 25 News following the arrest.
The footage shows the suspect, identified by police as 44-year-old John Mucci, throwing his body against a locked door and then using his feet to try to push it open.
Neighbors believe he was trying to get to packages that were visible through the door on Worcester Square.
He failed to get inside and then couldn’t seem to figure out how to open the unlocked outer door he had just walked into minutes prior.
Mucci is seen bursting through a glass windowpane in a dramatic departure.
“It’s really scary!,” said neighbor Cindi Pankratova. “It’s very concerning that I’m going to be raising a child, and this is happening.”
Pankratova, who’s eight months pregnant, just bought a condo with her husband next door a year ago.
She and other neighbors believe the alarming incident illustrates on-going crime concerns and quality of life issues connected to the Mass and Cass corridor.