A Standish man was arrested for burglary Sunday after entering a private home.

Sergeant Kerry Joyce, with the help of a police dog, apprehended Franklin Daniel LeClair III, 41, of 171 Manchester Road as he attempted to flee on foot through the woods.

The intrusion left a Standish couple, also of Manchester Road, shaken but unharmed.

Just before 6 p.m. Angela Roberts, who had been in the bedroom of her home, entered the kitchen after hearing what she thought was her husband bringing in groceries.

“I heard some rustling in the kitchen,” Angela said. “When I walked in, a strange man was in my kitchen pawing through my stuff.”

Instinctively, she began asking the man questions. As he ran from the house, she followed him, demanding to know who he was and what he was after.

“It was just instinct,” Angela said.

As she chased him down the front walk, her husband Jack arrived, groceries in hand.

Angela grabbed the groceries and told him to “follow that man.”

Jack, not even knowing what had happened, got in his car and started around the block while Angela ran inside and called for help.

Within five minutes, Deputy Kyle Neugebauer had arrived and took her statement.

Neugebauer instructed her not to touch anything; that a K-9 Unit was on its way and the dog would be able to sniff out the intruder even in the short time he’d been in the house.

While Neugebauer was taking her statement, he received a report on his radio and took off across the lawn.

Once LeClair was caught, he was brought back to the house to be identified by Angela, arrested, and taken to Cumberland County Jail. LeClair has a long history of arrests for burglary and criminal trespass.

A total of three deputies and a sergeant responded to the Roberts’ call. According to the couple, only 30 to 35 minutes elapsed from the time Angela placed the call to the moment Sergeant Joyce apprehended LeClair.

“Our taxpayers’ money is being spent well,” Jack Roberts said of the department’s efficiency.

The Roberts’, who run a cleaning business and teach piano, guitar, and percussion lessons from their home, have lived on Manchester Road for seven years. They know a number of their neighbors and have always felt safe.

“We love the neighborhood,” Jack said. “It’s too bad we have to tighten up the house.”

And, although they were able to sleep the night after the incident, Angela found herself waking at every noise.

“I’m going to be far more alert and watchful,” Angela said, “and I will always lock the doors.”