Police arrested a New Bedford man after he was caught with a handgun near a Westport school Monday morning.

 

Officers were called to the Westport Middle-High School just after 4 a.m. to investigate an alarm activation.

 

Police said the officers spotted a man walking down Old County Road in the rain after leaving the school.

 

The man, later identified by police as Nathan Santana, told the officers he had been jogging with a friend but had taken a wrong turn and was lost.

 

Police said Santana then told the officers the friend had already gone home.

 

The officers noticed Santana was holding a small pink wristlet, which he claimed his girlfriend’s wallet, according to police. Santana told the officers that his girlfriend left the wallet in his car when he dropped her off, which is why he had it.

 

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