Burglary suspect calls taxi from victim's house
Associated Press
May 15, 2002 11:45:00

HOLLAND, Mich. - Memo to burglars: Don't take more than you can carry, unless you've already planned your getaway.

Take a Michigan man, for example, who has been charged with second-degree home invasion. Police say they tracked him down by tracing the taxicab he took to make his getaway.

Police say the man, Rogelio Bueno, broke into a residence, taking a computer, a television, a stereo, a Sony PlayStation and a couple of camcorders.

Officers say he then used the victim's phone to call himself a cab.

Cab driver Richard Hasty says the passenger explained it all away by saying he was moving. He then asked to be dropped off at an alley.

Police got a valuable tip when a witness remembered seeing a taxi parked near the victim's townhouse. Investigators checked the dispatch logs and arrested the suspect at his home, where they found the loot.