Police were able to track down and apprehend a burglary suspect this weekend with the timely help of the female victim and the suspect's own cell phone.
The victim discovered the intruder in her apartment on the 600 block of North Frances Street Saturday evening that claimed he was looking for someone, according to the police report.
A short chase followed, during the suspect ran into the victim and dropped his cell phone while he tried to escape
""The burglary suspect might have gotten away had the victim not placed a ‘field hockey' block on him,"" Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in the incident report.
Using the dropped cell phone, police were able to arrange a meet up with the suspect—who had called his phone after realizing he had dropped it—outside a State Street coffee shop.
Unaware that he had agreed to meet a policeman, the suspect was apprehended on his arrival by the undercover officer and two uniformed colleagues.
