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A man who smashed in a door, tore bricks out of a wall, damaged a gate, and kicked a police van was frustrated because he could not find his way home. Joshua Chapman, 27, of Queens Avenue, Lynn pleaded guilty to four charges of criminal damage through recklessness when he appeared before Lynn magistrates on Thursday. Abdul Khan, prosecuting, via video link, outlined the case against Chapman and described how police were called at 5.02am on May 11 to reports of someone trying to break into a property by smashing the rear door. Chapman failed to access the property and had then damaged a garden …

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