Family Dollar burglary suspect arrested after returning to crime scene, police say

BURLINGTON, NC — Burlington police have arrested a man who allegedly broke into a Family Dollar store and later returned to the scene.

Police said an officer was called to the Family Dollar early Wednesday morning for a business alarm.

When police arrived, they found 26-year-old Hugo Chavez inside the store. The front door had been smashed and there was damage inside the store, a report said.

Police learned that Chavez left the store and returned to his business. He was arrested without incident and charged with two counts of burglary of a business.

He is being held in the Alamance County Jail without bail.