A MAN IN his 20′s has been arrested and charged in connection with an aggravated burglary in Dundalk, Co Louth this morning.
The incident was reported to Gardaí at 6:30 this morning when the man entered into a home in Coxes Demesne armed with a hammer.
He threatened a female resident and left the house with a sum of cash and car keys. No injuries to the person or the property were reported.
He fled the scene in the residents’ car and was later arrested by Gardaí a short time later. The resident’s car has since been recovered.
The man was detained in Dundalk Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, and will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice later this morning.
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