UPDATED: Swampscott Men Arrested for B&E

Danvers police arrested two Swampscott men on Friday on Route 1 for allegedly breaking into a Boston Street apartment in Salem earlier in the day.

David Mangini, 22, of 20 Reid Terrace, and Shane Coffey, 19, of 9 Boulder Way, Swampscott, were both arrested near Chili’s.

At 3:11 p.m. Friday,  said they received a call about a burglary in progress at 26 Boston St.

When police arrived, officials said witnesses saw a person carrying a sledge hammer.

The witnesses said the suspect smashed open an apartment door, ran down the stairs and got into a pickup truck. The witnesses told police there was a second individual in the vehicle.

Witnesses were able to obtain a licenses plate number and SPD issued a Be on the Lookout alert to surrounding communities.

A Danvers K-9 officer, Justin Ellenton, spotted the vehicle traveling the opposite direction on the highway.

He pulled over the suspects’ truck at 3:27 p.m., just after Salem police had issued the alert.

Each suspect was charged with a felony for breaking and entering in the daytime.

Det. Tim Cassidy said the men are not suspects in any Swampscott breaking and entering incidents, at this time.

Patch local editors Aubry Bracco and Terry Date contributed to this report.