LYNDEN, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A Lynden man is in custody after being accused of causing havoc while breaking into a home.

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deb Slater says deputies were called to a report of a burglary at a home near Lynden around noon on Dec. 9.

The victim told deputies they were renting the house and that a man was inside who had broken windows, damaged the walls, scrawled graffiti and left burn marks on the carpet.

All the damage is believed to have occurred sometime in the last week when the victim arrived to try and clean the house.

Deputies found the 48-year-old suspect inside the house and arrested him on suspicion of residential burglary, arson and malicious mischief.

He was also found to have two outstanding warrants for criminal trespassing.