LYNN – A Lawrence man who allegedly broke into a home on Strawberry Place on Wednesday, called the police to report the crime, saying he only did it to get away from someone who was chasing him.Julio Nieves, 28, of 206 Essex St., was charged with unarmed burglary, larceny over $250, malicious destruction of property over $250. He was arraigned Wednesday at Lynn District Court by Judge Ellen Flatley, who ordered him held on $5,000 cash bail. A probable cause hearing has been scheduled for April 26.According to court documents, police responded to a report of a breaking and entering on Strawberry Place around 1 a.m. Two calls were made in regards to the incident, one from the homeowner and the other from the suspect, Nieves, while he was inside the home.When police arrived on scene, they saw Nieves running down Boston Street, where he jumped over a fence and was stopped by officers a few yards away and arrested. During a frisk, police found a pink cellular phone in his jacket pocket, which he allegedly admitted to stealing from inside the home.A teenager who lives in the Strawberry Place home later told police that she had been asleep in her upstairs bedroom, when she was awoken by Nieves, who allegedly opened her bedroom window and climbed inside. She said she pretended to be asleep, but Nieves saw that she was awake and tapped her on her arm and asked to use her phone.After handing Nieves her cellular phone, she ran downstairs and alerted her mother who called 911. As they were on the phone with the police, they said they heard the front door open and a person frantically run outside.Police say after Nieves was booked and placed into a cell, he broke the sprinkler head off of the ceiling, causing the fire alarms to activate and a large amount of water spilling into the cell. Officers found Nieves standing in an alleged fighting stance, yelling, “Come on in and kill me! Just kill me!”Oil-based water, which is used so that the pipes don’t rust, continued to pour from the ceiling as officers waded through to get to Nieves, causing their uniforms and equipment to become soaked. Nieves was placed in a restraint chair in another cell and was ordered evaluated by a court clinician upon his arraignment.
