Police: Rocky Point Man Charged in Rash of Local Home Burglaries

A 23-year-old Rocky Point man was arrested on Sunday and charged with more than a half dozen home burglaries in Rocky Point over the last two months, police said. 

Michael Caruso was arrested after he tried to break into a home on Hickory Road on Sunday afternoon, police said. 

Caruso is charged with seven counts of second degree burglary, as well as one count of attempted burglary. 

In several of the burglaries, Caruso gained access to homes by removing screens from open windows, police said. He stole jewelry in most instances, along with an Xbox from one home, police said. 

The burglaries began in early June on Locust Drive, with Caruso also accused of burglarizing homes on Cedar Road, Whitewood Drive, Magnolia Drive and Hickory Road. 

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