Cedar Falls Police have arrested a suspect in a number of larcenies. Police were called to the 1500 block of West 5th Street on a report of a larceny in progress. The caller had witnessed a male dressed in black, wearing a backpack, and riding a bicycle breaking into their neighbor’s vehicles. When an officer approached the man, he fled on foot into the backyards of several homes on West 7th and 8th Streets before being apprehended. The man has been identified as 18 year old John Martin Jr, of Parkersburg. The bicycle he was riding was found to have been taken in a larceny. He was charged with interference causing injury, possession of marijuana, and possession of stolen property. The investigation is still ongoing at this time.
