Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: At 6:46 p.m., officers were alerted by a witness of a man puncturing cruiser tires at the Chatham-Kent Police Station on Talbot Street, in Blenheim.
Officers confirmed four tires of a cruiser had been damaged.
At 6:53 p.m., police responded to an alarm at the LCBO on Marlborough Street South in Blenheim.
Video surveillance assisted officers in identifying the man.
At 7:25 p.m., police located and arrested the man.
The 43-year-old Blenheim man was charged with mischief, break and enter and theft.
He was transported to police headquarters and held pending a bail hearing.