METHUEN — A 48-year-old woman caught a man trying to steal a global positioning system from her neighbor's truck last night and tried to detain him, police said.
The woman, who lives on Green Street, saw a man walking on her street and looking through windows about 7 p.m. She watched him enter her neighbor's 2007 Chevrolet pickup through an unlocked door and close the door, said Sgt. James Gunter.
While the man sat in the truck, the woman walked up, opened the door, and asked what he was doing, Gunter said.
"And he said, 'I'm sorry, I'm just hungry,'" Gunter said.
The man handed the woman the GPS he was apparently about to steal and tried to run away, but she grabbed his gray sweatshirt. The man managed to wiggle out of the sweatshirt and flee toward Newport Street, Gunter said.
The truck's owner stepped outside his home, and police arrived and searched the area for the suspect without any luck. There was also a satellite radio inside the truck, Gunter said.
Police now have the sweatshirt as evidence and they are investigating, Gunter said.
The suspect is described as Asian and was wearing jeans and a black T-shirt. The man didn't get away with anything, and didn't damage the truck, Gunter said.
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