Man arrested in Othello burglary

OTHELLO – A local man was arrested and booked into jail Friday, April 28, after allegedly being caught after burglarizing a house in the 600 block of South Fourth Avenue.

Angel M. Lara, 25, was apprehended after a short chase and booked into the Franklin County Jail on first-degree burglary.

As of press time, Lara was being held without bail in the Franklin County Jail.

According to a police report, police responded to a call of a residential burglary where the resident and Lara had gotten into a "scuffle."

As Lara was fleeing the house, the complainant was "able to rip Angel's backpack off" a...