FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Fort Lauderdale homeowner said a woman who previously burglarized her house has targeted her once again.
“I’m nervous,” said the victim, who asked not to be identified.
It was around 6 a.m. Tuesday when the victim said she saw a woman rummaging through her SUV parked in front of her home near Gardenia Road and Southwest 18th Court.
The homeowner said she didn’t lock the car.
“I didn’t lock it, and she goes inside the car,” she said.
The burglar swiped a handful of coins and attempted to flee the scene.
The homeowner ran and asked a neighbor for help to track down the woman and the two were able to hold her down until Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived.
Cellphone video showed first responders and deputies near the woman as she stood next to a deputy’s cruiser.
The victim told deputies she had recognized the crook.
The alleged burglar, Conny Buchanan, is said to be the same woman who broke into the victim’s dwelling back in August, helping herself to a sandwich during the process.
“I checked the face of the lady. It’s the same lady,” she said. “[I’m] nervous. She’s coming two times to my house.”
Surveillance video captured the break-in as she tried to feed the homeowner’s dog a piece of raw chicken.
Buchanan was charged with burglary and petty theft and was jailed until March when a judge ruled she was incompetent to stand trial and released.
Now the victim said she and her mother are constantly going to be watching over their shoulders.
“I lock the door,” she said.
Deputies confirmed they arrested a woman in reference to the incident on Tuesday but did not confirm if it was Buchanan.
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