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Michael Morabito, of Odell Avenue, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal trespassing and petit larceny, all misdemeanors.
Police responded to a report of a man stealing property from 110 W. Post Road around 8:16 p.m. Friday. Police found Morabito climbing down a ladder into the building's fenced-in backyard. Police told him to climb back over the fence.
Morabito said he was looking for cans, but police checked the area and found that a shed within the fenced area appeared to have been broken into. After searching the suspect, police found a tin foil packet with an off-white rock believed to be crack cocaine in his pants pocket.
Police then contacted the owner of Nuway Cleaners, who said two gas-powered leaf blowers, four shovels and two mops, all totaling $400 in value, were missing from the shed. Police later found the items in a parking lot behind the cleaners.
Morabito was arrested and held for court.
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