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Alleged burglars return to apologize, are arrested
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 9:36 AM by Cecilia Stevenson
Updated: Jan 10, 2012 10:07 AM
HOUMA, La. (AP) - Houma police say two alleged car burglars - one in a wheelchair - were arrested after they returned to their victim's home to apologize.
It isreports that 50-year-old
William Poindexter and 48-year-old Ernest Mart, both of Houma, were booked with simple burglary and held in lieu of $50,000 bond. A third man is wanted.
Police say they allegedly were taking a car radio from an SUV about 1 a.m. Monday when the owner saw them. They fled - one pushing another in a wheelchair.
Police say Poindexter allegedly took a bottle of cologne and two cellphone chargers.
They say Poindexter and Mart, who uses a wheelchair, returned later Monday to the woman's house to apologize. Police say her father chased them, and they were later caught by police.
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