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Chatty burglar overstays welcome, gets arrested

WINNSBORO, Texas—An apparently intoxicated suspect chatted with a burglary victim long enough for officers to arrive and arrest him, authorities said.

John Michael Baker, 25, of Winnsboro was jailed Friday on bond totaling $59,500, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office said. Baker was charged with burglary of a habitation and burglary of a vehicle. He was also wanted and charged in Franklin County with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana and burglary of habitation, a jailer told The Associated Press. Jail records did not list an attorney for Baker.

Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Debbie Foster said a woman saw a man breaking into her home, and she called her husband. The husband hurried home and saw Baker making his getaway. He called 911 before heading over to talk to the suspect, whom he knows. The men chatted by the side of the road until deputies arrived. Foster told the Tyler Morning Telegraph that Baker was “pretty intoxicated.”





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