Officers believe the two could be tied to more than 30 burglaries in the Friendswood area
FRIENDSWOOD - Friendswood police believe they know who stole gifts, electronics and guns from dozens of cars in the area. Two suspects are now behind bars thanks to a quick thinking neighbor who couldn't sleep.
"I think I was just kind of at the right place at the right time," said Debbie Peck, a resident of the Forest of Friendswood subdivision. She lives on Pinehurst Court, a quiet, dead end street.
"It's always been safe," Peck added.
Residents say it's a place where neighbors still say hello.
"You can leave your garage door open, your front door unlocked and you would never expect anybody to break in," said Kade Beyer, whose car was broken into.
Those reasons are why Debbie Peck knew something wasn't quite right when she looked out her window at about 1:30 Saturday morning.
"I went to open up the windows and I saw the car pull up over there and two people stopped and they got out of the car," Peck said. "They were going through the cars and I saw them run across the yard and break into a car."
Police say 21-year-old Kevin Cailleteau and 19-year-old Devon Garcia are responsible for more than 30 car break ins over the past week. Cailleteau's bond is set at $5,500. Garcia, whose criminal history includes disorderly conduct and evading arrest, has a bond set at $1,500.
One of the cars burglarized Saturday morning belongs to Kade Beyer, who says he had some loose change and a sunglasses case nabbed. But after the break in, Beyer says things got more personal.
"We caught them rooting around in our garage and they were trying to break into my dad's car," Beyer said. "Thank God I had just gone out and locked it the night before."
Meanwhile, Debbie Peck was watching from outside her home. While the suspects were down the street, Peck says she walked up to their car, took their license plate number then called police.
When officials arrived, they arrested Garcia, but Cailleteau took off. According to officers they searched for Cailleteau with dogs and ATVs and eventually arrested him at his girlfriend's home in Alvin.
"I kind of figured my insomnia finally paid off," said Peck.
"We definitely owe her a thank you. I mean, everybody does," Beyer says in reference to Peck. "It's bothersome knowing somebody was rooting around in your personal business, like in your house. Somebody was breaking into our stuff. That's more bothersome than what they took."
Source : http://www.khou.com/story/news/crime/2014/12/27/friendswood-police-capture-car-crooks-in-act/20947325/
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