BOSTON — A Massachusetts State Police trooper was arrested in Boston's South End early on Nov. 1 after a woman he once dated told Boston police she came home to her apartment and found him asleep in her bed, The Boston Globe and NBC10 Boston reported.

Trooper Michael E. McGuire, 37, is charged with breaking and entering. The Globe described the charge as breaking and entering in the nighttime, and NBC10 Boston called it a misdemeanor. The charge is an allegation, and McGuire is presumed innocent.

"When this incident came to our attention, the Massachusetts State Police immediately relieved Trooper McGuire of duty," a department spokesperson said in a statement reported by both outlets. The Globe reported that he was suspended.

Citing the police report, both outlets said the woman got home around 1:30 a.m. "The victim stated she asked the suspect to leave the apartment multiple times and he refused," police wrote, according to the Globe.

Hours earlier, on Halloween, the two had met at a South End bar. NBC10 Boston identified it as Barcelona Bar on Tremont Street and said they had dated for about six months. Their breakup came roughly a month before that night, the woman told police. She said McGuire was very drunk and that she sent him home, which the Globe placed at about 10:30 p.m.

The Globe reported that the woman's roommate said McGuire told her he had come up the fire escape, and that a window there had been left unlocked. "The fire escape was low to the ground with a flower bed underneath," the report said, according to the Globe. NBC10 Boston said the woman believes he came in through a kitchen window.

McGuire told officers he had a key but could not show one; the woman said he never had one. Officers noticed a small cut on his forehead and saw that he was unsteady. He said she had struck him as he slept and knocked him out for about two minutes.

The Globe reported that McGuire appeared in Boston Municipal Court on Nov. 2, where his lawyer invoked the state's BRAVE Act, which lets current and former service members pause a criminal case while getting specialized treatment.

In June, McGuire was knocked out in a Quincy bar when fellow Trooper Christopher C. Regan punched him five times in the face, the Globe reported, citing records. NBC10 Boston, citing a source, said the fight happened at a Marina Bay pub. Regan has pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to the Globe.