WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Feb. 6, 2019 (Gephardt Daily) — A man and woman were taken into custody Tuesday night after they entered an unoccupied home on Ridgeland Drive and then fled when police responded to a report of a burglary at that location.
West Valley City Police Lt. Steve Burke said the man and woman, both 28 years old, were spotted by a neighbor as they entered the home and switched lights on and off.
“The home is in the process of changing ownership, and the neighbor knew that no one should be there,” Burke told Gephardt Daily.
The neighbor called the police, who arrived a little after 10 p.m., and the two suspects took off running in different directions.
Officers set up a containment perimeter and found the male suspect, shoeless, on 3600 West.
The woman was tracked by a police K-9 to a crawlspace at a nearby residence.
Burke said it hasn’t yet been determined what the pair will be charged with. They could be charged with trespassing, which is a class A misdemeanor, he said. Or, if it turns out that their intention was to steal something, they will be charged with burglary of a residence, a second-degree felony. Either way, Burke said, they will be charged with fleeing on foot, a class A misdemeanor.
