It is unusual for a suspected thief to run toward, rather than away from, a police officer. Meet 24-year-old Terry Jennings.
According to Coconut Creek Police, on April 29th, an officer was sitting at a stoplight on Coconut Creek Parkway when a man approached him and asked for help.
The officer quickly learned that the suspect was fleeing from a resident who discovered him attempting to break into his home in South Creek.
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The suspect was identified as Terry Jennings, 24, of Pompano Beach.
They searched the man and found several items in his pockets that he could not explain. The items turned out to be stolen from a car left unlocked in the area.
Another resident came forward, explaining that she had picked up Jennings on one of her surveillance cameras trying to get into her car, but it was locked.
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Officers charged Jennings with car burglary and an attempted car burglary.
Jennings was booked into the Broward County Jail.
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