Saco police say evidence recovered during a high-risk search in Portland today should help them solve a burglary and car-jacking that occurred Dec. 30.
Portland’s special reaction team and the regional tactical team from South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth assisted Saco police in serving the search warrant on a business, an attached apartment and a separate house on Ocean Avenue Tuesday night.
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The tactical teams surrounded the buildings, at 1040 Ocean Ave., and had the occupants out and the location secure in about an hour. Nobody was arrested.
Police were cautious because of the nature of the crime they are investigating. On Dec.30, a resident of Louden Road in Saco discovered two men breaking into his home. The men ran and commandeered a car being driven by a South Portland teenager.
When the resident pursued them to the car, one of the burglars fired shots from a gun, piercing the man’s pants but not injuring him, police said.
The men were dropped off at another location.
Police used sketch artists to develop suspects, which led to the search warramnt.
Saco Deputy Chief Jeffrey Huntress said investigators will meet with prosecutors from the York County District Attorney’s Office to decide how to proceed. Nobody has been charged but he expressed confidence police would solve the case.
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