By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.
Another article in the Bay news 9 website, with a vigalante style twist. Unlike previous posts dealing with juvenile crime this person was caught due to a "wanted" poster.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida --
A St. Petersburg resident took an Old West approach to solving a crime in his neighborhood.
He made wanted posters and plastered them around the neighborhood, which actually helped police catch a burglary suspect.
A neighbor initially didn't pay the sign much attention.
"I just thought that somebody had lost a dog, cat," the neighbor said.
A camera mounted on the homeowner's house captured an image of a suspect during a car burglary on Oct. 17. The image was good enough to put the suspect's face on a poster and print copies.
"This is kind of unique,'' said an officer with the St. Petersburg Police department. "To the effect that not many people actually have a picture of a suspect that committed the crime."
Investigators said the suspect, a 17-year-old who looked directly at the camera during the break-in, only was able to steal loose change from the vehicle.
"I guess he had kind of stayed in hiding inside his house for two days anticipating that someone might recognize him," the officer said.
The home- and car owner, who did not want to be identified, put up the poster around the neighborhood with the title, "Have you seen this scrawny, big-eared punk?''
Someone did. And an arrest was made days later. The teen, a suspect in other car burglaries in the Bay area, has been charged with auto burglary. It was not known if the teen will be charged as an adult or charged with a juvenile crime for his role.
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