MIAMI – A man who entered a house in Deltona (Florida) in the middle of the night with the apparent intention of robbing, but fled when discovered, was arrested by the Police because he forgot his phone, they reported. local media.
A 31 year old woman who was sleeping woke up, saw the man next to her bed and started screaming, forcing the intruder to rush out, according to the Volusia County Police.
The woman gave the Police a detailed description of the man, who grabbed her by the hair and tried to silence her by covering her mouth with his hand, but it was the phone found between the bed sheets that led the agents to Cory Winston, aged 52 years old.
Winston, who lives about two miles (3.2 km) from the woman’s home, had as his image screen on the cell phone a photo that he had taken with his family, so it was easy to find him.
Also, it was ca caught by security cameras while riding a bicycle near the house where the events took place last Sunday, according to the WESH television channel in Orlando (central Florida).
The Police appeared at Winston’s house and, among other information, asked him for his cell phone number, which he said he had lost, and verified that it corresponded to the one found in the woman’s house.
Winston, who was on probation for other crimes when he entered the woman’s home, was charged with several charges, including one for assaulting a law enforcement officer, whom he beat when He was questioned at his home, and is being held without bail.