Usually right after committing a crime, burglars run away from police — but this week in Florida, an accused burglar ran right to one sitting at a stoplight before he allegedly brazenly asked for help.
Terry Jennings of Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested on April 29 according to a statement from the Coconut Creek Police Department.
Arrest records are short on details about what unfolded in the alleged exchange with the officer but police said that the 24-year-old man saw the parked squad car after fleeing the scene of his own crime and “came running up to him wanting help.”
“The officer quickly determined the man was running away from a resident after the resident found him trying to break into his home in South Creek,” the department said Wednesday.
“It’s a rare case of when a suspected thief runs to, instead away from, a police officer,” the statement also said.
