A Massapequa man has been arrested for breaking into two Dairy Barn stores, police said.
John Wallace, was charged in connection with a July 31 break-in at the store located at 615 Broadway in Massapequa and a burglary at a Seaford store on Aug. 7.
He allegedly forced open a sliding door at the Massapequa store at 3:43 a.m. and removed more than $600 worth of cigarettes.
A week later, he forced open the door of the Seaford store on Jerusalem Avenue at 2:34 a.m. and swiped $450 worth of smokes, police said.
Wallace was arrested at his home on Wednesday and was charged with burglary 3rd.
in 2010, he was one of for a similar burglary at the Dairy Barn on 907 North Broadway.