Even robbers need a bit of help sometimes. 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 burglarizing.
Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call that was made but no one spoke over the phone. When they reached the home the call came from, deputies concluded that nobody lived there but they eventually discovered a male suspect and his girlfriend inside the home after entering it through an unlocked door.
After speaking with law enforcement, the female suspect confirmed that she had called 911 for the purpose of having police help them move their belongings from the house they were burglarizing. They also asked to get a ride to the airport so they could spend the weekend in New York.
The male suspect had been on the deputies’ radar since he was identified as a burglar at a Dollar General store in Poinciana, Florida, where several items were stolen earlier in the day.
“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 wrote 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.