Sunday, April 19, 2009

Woman finds strange man in tennis attire at her table

A Salem Street homeowner came home on Thursday to find a man dressed in tennis attire eating at her kitchen table, police said.

The homeowner told police she got home about about 11:48 a.m. to find the man in her kitchen.

"After he made some bizarre, irrational statements to her, she went outside to her car and called police," Lt. James Hashem said.

Police checked the area and found Adamis Ortiz, 22, of 3 Fernview Ave., North Andover, walking away from the house in tennis gear and carrying a tennis racket. Ortiz told police he had been playing tennis at Phillips Academy.

Police checked with school officials who told them no one had been playing on the courts recently.

Ortiz was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony and trespassing. "It appears he has some mental health issues," Hashem said of Ortiz.

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