World News | Florida Sheriff: Burglars Call 911 to Get Help Moving Stuff
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Two people in Florida were arrested after one of them made a 911 call to get help with moving their belongings from a home they were burglarising, authorities said.
Poinciana (US), Jan 3 (AP) Two people in Florida were arrested after one of them made a 911 call to get help with moving their belongings from a home they were burglarising, authorities said.
Deputies responded to a home Saturday after a 911 call was made but nobody spoke, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. At the home, the deputies concluded that nobody lived there, but they found a male suspect and his girlfriend inside the home after entering it through an unlocked door.
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Deputies had been searching for the male suspect after identifying him from security video as a burglar at a Dollar General store in Poinciana, Florida, where several items were stolen earlier in the day, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Poinciana is about 35 miles (55 kilometres) south of Orlando.
While talking to deputies, the female suspect told them that she had called 911 for the purpose of having law enforcement help them move their belongings from the house they were burglarising. They also wanted to get a ride to the airport so they could spend the weekend in New York, the sheriff's office said.
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“Deputies DID help them with their belongings, and DID give them a ride, but it wasn't to the airport … it was to the Polk Pokey," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post. “And they are welcome to stay there all weekend long. The Polk Pokey is much better than New York anyway."
The male suspect was charged with burglary and theft related to the store and also burglary of a residence. The female suspect was charged with burglary of a residence, according to the sheriff's office. (AP)
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