Wichita burglar caught after returning to the scene of the crime

CREATED Aug. 10, 2012

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Wichita police arrested a 32-year-old man after a burglary at an east side home early Friday, and he made the arrest easy for them.  

Lieutenant Doug Nolte said the man broke into a basement window at a home in the 2100 block of East 9th.  He awakened the residents, and they saw him trying to leave with a weed-eater.  The man dropped the weed-eater and ran away.    A short time later, the man rode by the house on a bicycle, and the residents pointed him out to police who were investigating the burglary.

The man was stopped and arrested for aggravated burglary and other charges.