By Owen Boss
Staff Writer
NORTHAMPTON - When Police Officer Kenneth Kirchner spotted Richard Grise riding his bicycle down Bridge Street early Wednesday morning with a boat motor in his hand, he new something was up.
According to Kirchner's police report, local police know Grise to have a lengthy criminal record, so he figured something might be amiss.
"Due to weather conditions and the time of night, I though it seemed odd," Kirchner wrote in the police report contained in the court documents at Grise's arraignment Wednesday. Kirchner first spotted Grise at 12:46 a.m. Wednesday.
Kirchner followed the bike tracks Grise had left in the snow to the rear of 167 Bridge St., where they led him to a basement window missing several panes of glass, according to court documents.
Hours later, Kirchner found Grise on the bike path off Bates Street with the motor and a lightbulb in his jacket pocket.
After a short foot chase he was placed under arrest for breaking and entering and other charges, according to the court documents. Kirchner reported that once in police custody, Grise admitted to removing glass panes to gain access to the building and was found to be in possession of the boat motor and a lightbulb he removed "to make it harder for people to see him," according to the police report.
In Northampton District Court Wednesday, Grise, 29, of 90 Russell St., Hadley, pleaded innocent to charges of breaking an entering a building during the nighttime for a felony, larceny over $250 and larceny under $250.
Grise has been in Northampton District Court facing charges of breaking and entering seven times since June 2000 and has been arrested for numerous similar incidents in Texas, Florida and South Carolina, according to court documents.
Judge W. Michael Goggins ordered Grise held on $500 cash bail, an amount he did not post Wednesday. He was ordered to return to court March 31 for a pretrial hearing.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com.
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