Neighbor Allegedly Breaks and Enters For Cigarettes

A local man was arraigned on breaking-and-entering charges Monday after reportedly breaking into his next door neighbor's apartment to steal cigarettes.

John Furey, 45, of 416 Humphrey St., pleaded innocent Monday in Lynn District Court to a charge of breaking and entering a building during the nighttime for a felony. 

At 8:06 a.m. Saturday, responded to 246 Humphrey St., Apt. 8, for a report of a home invasion. The man who lives in the apartment told responding officers that he awoke to find Furey standing over him in his bedroom.

After a brief struggle, the man told police he was able to get Furey to leave his apartment and on the way to the door Furey reportedly dropped four cigarettes that he was trying to steal from a pack left in the apartment, according to court documents.

When police went to question Furey minutes after the alleged incident, he reportedly pretended to be asleep in bed and claimed that he may have been sleepwalking.

Furey was ordered released on his own recognizance, and he is scheduled to reappear in court on Dec. 14 for a pretrial hearing.