A Derry man has been arrested and charged in connection with an attempted burglary that ended in a physical altercation with a Vassar Drive homeowner on Aug. 26.

Now facing first-degree assault and burglary charges, 37-year-old Anthony Richardson was located in Methuen, Mass., and taken into custody by Pelham detectives working alongside local authorities at about 8:45 p.m. that night.

According to police, evidence recovered at the crime scene identified Richardson as the suspect in the attempted breakin and a warrant for his arrest was put out after the homeowner positively identified Richardson in a photo line-up.

At about 10:15 a.m. that morning, the homeowner – listed as Dennis Viger by Vision Appraisal’s online assessors database – arrived at his 3 Vassar Drive residence to find a vehicle parked in his driveway with the trunk open. As the homeowner took down the license plate number of the dark-colored four-door Saturn, Richardson allegedly exited the residence carrying a computer.

Placing the computer in the trunk, Richardson then confronted the homeowner, using a screwdriver as a weapon and sparking a scuffle that left the homeowner with a broken wrist and stab wound to his left bicep, according to authorities. Though the home-owner was able to eventually wrestle the screwdriver away from Richardson and stab him between the ribs with the tool, Richardson was able to flee the scene.

At the time, Lt. Brian McCarthy said that while the homeowner’s encounter with Richardson had not ended badly, the department’s policy was to discourage witnesses to a crime from getting involved.

Officers at the scene said Richardson was unknown to the homeowner, who initially thought the strange vehicle in his driveway may have belonged to a contractor doing work on the residence. Richardson will be held in Massachusetts on fugitive of justice charges until he is remanded to authorities in New Hampshire, police said.