Man charged over Adelaide break-in

A man has been arrested in Adelaide after he allegedly broke into a home and forced an elderly woman to drive him to a shopping centre.

The 42-year-old is accused of running away from police when they stopped his car on Friday night before he broke into a nearby Devon Park home and demanded the elderly woman give him a shirt and drive him to Northpark Shopping Centre at Prospect.

He has been charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass, false imprisonment, theft, hinder police, stating a false name and breaching his parole.