Police have arrested the serial burglar accused of wreaking midnight mayhem across South City, with charging documents identifying him as Robert Lee Brown, a 53-year-old homeless man.
A probable cause statement filed Wednesday accuses Brown of 14 felonies and three misdemeanors stemming from a string of break-ins over four nights.
On September 30, Brown allegedly used garden shears to pry open a rear window of a home on 12th Street in Soulard, stealing a laptop, purse, wallet, and knife while the home’s resident was asleep inside…