NJ police say burglar returned to apologize

[July 17, 2009]  RAHWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Police in central New Jersey said they arrested a man for burglary after he returned to the victim's house in Rahway to apologize.

Police arrested 35-year-old Craig Fletcher of Elizabeth on Wednesday shortly after the homeowner told them a man had just rung his doorbell, apologized for the break-in and ran off on foot.

The homeowner said he interrupted the June 29 burglary. He chased the burglar, who had stuffed three laptops and an Xbox game console into a backpack. The intruder threw the bag down and got away.

Fletcher was also charged with a second burglary in the same neighborhood.

He was taken to the Union County Jail in lieu of $60,000 bail. Police did not know if he had retained a lawyer.

[Associated Press]

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