U.S.|Women Broke Into Man’s Home and Threw Glitter astatine Him, Police Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/us/florida-women-arrested-glitter-burglary.html
Two women look burglary charges for entering the man’s flat successful Clearwater, Fla., the authorities said. The constabulary said they recovered glitter wrong a car belonging to 1 of the women.
Jan. 12, 2022, 5:57 p.m. ET
Two women person been charged with felony burglary, accused of breaking into a man’s flat successful Clearwater, Fla., and throwing containers of glitter astatine him during an argument, the authorities said.
The antheral was lasting connected his balcony erstwhile the women, Sarah Franks, 29, and Kaitlin O’Donovan, 27, some of Clearwater, arrived astatine his flat analyzable conscionable earlier 3 a.m. connected Monday, according to the Clearwater Police Department.
The women began arguing with the antheral and Ms. Franks threw a instrumentality of glitter astatine him, striking him successful the precocious torso and head, according to an apprehension affidavit. Ms. Franks past climbed implicit the balcony railing, entered the man’s flat and threw much containers of glitter astatine him. She past unlocked the beforehand doorway of the flat and fto successful Ms. O’Donovan, according to the apprehension affidavits.
Once she was wrong the apartment, Ms. O’Donovan besides began throwing containers of glitter astatine the man, her apprehension affidavit said.
As she was leaving the apartment, Ms. Franks kicked a model until it broke, according to her apprehension affidavit.
After the women fled the flat complex, the constabulary recovered Ms. Franks’s conveyance astatine an code listed for her and Ms. O’Donovan little than 2 miles from the man’s home. The “vehicle was inactive lukewarm to touch,” an apprehension affidavit said. The constabulary said they recovered glitter wrong the vehicle.
Ms. Franks was seen walking astir wearing the aforesaid apparel that the antheral told the constabulary she was wearing erstwhile she broke into his apartment, according to an apprehension affidavit.
Ms. Franks and Ms. O’Donovan were arrested and charged with felony burglary, and Ms. Franks was besides charged with misdemeanor transgression mischief for kicking the window.
The 2 women were booked into the Pinellas County Jail connected Monday, and they were released connected $75,000 enslaved each connected Tuesday.
Ms. Franks and Ms. O’Donovan did not instantly respond to requests for remark connected Wednesday. It was unclear whether they had lawyers.
A motive was not instantly wide connected Wednesday, nor was it wide if the women knew the victim. The Clearwater Police Department did not respond to requests for remark connected Wednesday astir a motive for the attack. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, which is assisting the Police Department, declined to comment, saying successful an email connected Wednesday day that the onslaught was inactive nether investigation.
According to the apprehension affidavits, determination was nary denotation that Ms. Franks was nether the power of intoxicant oregon drugs, though determination were signs that Ms. O’Donovan mightiness person been drinking earlier the break-in.