Ballston backpack and booze burglar busted

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Police arrested a man after a somewhat unusual burglary in Ballston yesterday evening.
The burglary happened shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, on the 900 block of N. Stuart Street, which corresponds with the Meridian at Ballston Commons apartment building.
Police say a sleeping resident woke up to find someone rummaging through his bedroom.
“The victim yelled at the suspect [who then] fled the scene on foot with the victim’s backpack and alcohol,” said today’s Arl