Father-son duo face burglary charges

March 21, 2008 11:42 PM Email| Comments (0)| Text size – +

By Jillian Jorgensen, Globe Correspondent

A father and son have been arrested for a break-in and are suspected of numerous other burglaries in southeastern Massachusetts, Rochester police said Friday in a statement.

William A. Luz III, 37, and William A. Luz Jr., 55, both of South Street in Plymouth, were arrested Thursday by Kingston police for breaking into a home there, Rochester police said.

The men were being monitored by a task force of officers from Rochester and several other towns when they tried to break into the home around 1:45 p.m. Thursday.

Officers found the younger Luz acting as look-out with a walkie-talkie while his father was inside the home. Both men fought with officers at first but were quickly subdued, police said.

Inside the Luz’s home, police found pillowcases full of jewelry and jewelry boxes that they believed were taken during numerous burglaries.

Police in Rochester, Plympton, Carver and Lakeville all plan to bring charges against the father-son duo, the statement said.

The two men were being held on $10,000 cash bail last night, police said.

The case began after a Rochester officer identified the two men as possible suspects in two break-ins there earlier this year.

The department used a cross-agency computer system and realized several other area police departments had suspected the same pair in burglaries, leading to the formation of the task force.