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Police: Teenage boys admit to burglaries
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Two teenage boys who officers say were caught burglarizing a Chandler home on Wednesday admitted to a number of other burglaries resulting in the recovery of stolen property, Chandler police said Friday.
The new information caused suspended burglary cases to be reopened because previously there had been a lack of evidence and leads, said Detective Frank Mendoza, a Chandler police spokesman. Police are withholding the identities of the teenagers.
One of the boys was caught inside the home of James Caryl in the 800 block of West Elgin Street, about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Caryl arrived home to be told by his son and neighbor that the pair were inside and police had been called.
Caryl's 13-year-old son was home alone when the boys knocked on the front door. After he looked out the window and realized he did not know them, he didn't answer the door.
Caryl's son then saw the two boys, ages 16 and 17, walk around the house and go to the back door before forcing their way inside, police said. Caryl's son ran out the front door and to a neighbor's house, where they called 911.
Before police arrived, Caryl said he would take care of the incident himself and went inside and to retrieve his gun, according to police. While in his home, he apprehended one of the boys at gunpoint, and the other one jumped out of the second-story window, according to police.
Both were arrested after police arrived.
A laptop computer one of the boys took was recovered, Mendoza said.
The boys, both Chandler residents and high school students, were released to their parents. Police will recommend second-degree burglary charges against them when the case is submitted to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court, said Sgt. Joe Favazzo.
It will be up to the court whether to try the boys as adults, Mendoza said.
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