PD: Phoenix teen escapes from window after man tries to break into her home
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 5/6/2019, 11:55 a.m.
Police say they've arrested a man on suspicion of breaking into a Phoenix house where a teen girl was home alone on Sunday morning.
By Derek Staahl
PHOENIX, AZ (KTVK) -- Police say they've arrested a man on suspicion of breaking into a Phoenix house where a teen girl was home alone on Sunday morning.
According to Phoenix Police Lt. Lief Myers, the teen called the police around 11 a.m. and escaped through a side window as officers arrived at the home near 3rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road.
Myers added that although the girl "was a little shaken up," she's doing "pretty well."
Phoenix Police Dept. spokesman, Sgt. Tommy Thompson, said the girl is around 16 years old.
Thompson said as police arrived they saw 57-year-old David Bruce trying to force his way into the back door of the home. He was taken into custody.
Officers quickly set up a perimeter in the neighborhood as a possible second suspect was thought to be in the area. No other intruder was located.
Police are investigating the case as a residential burglary.
