Dowagiac Man Caught Allegedly Burglarizing Home

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A 57-year-old man is in the Cass County Jail after being caught in a barricaded basement room in Wayne Township trying to steal from the home. The sheriff’s department responded to an active alarm at the home on Lake Shore Drive and found all the doors were locked. When deputies saw movement in the home, they contacted the owner, who was out of town. The K9 Faust searched the home and found the Dowagiac man along with guns and chainsaws he was trying to take. He is facing charges of breaking and entering, larceny, resisting and obstructing deputies, and felon in possession of firearms.