A 33-year old man has been charged with break, enter and steal after entering a home at Windale in Lake Macquarie.
Residents of the home were woken when the man allegedly stole an item from the balcony just after 6am yesterday.
At about 830am Lake Macquarie Local Area Command officers with the assistance of the Dog Unit attended a shopping centre in Windale where they arrested the man.
He was taken to Belmont Police Station where he was charged and granted conditional bail to appear at Belmont Local Court on 3oth November 2016.
