MATTHEWS, N.C. — A 14-year-old girl called police from a closet as an intruder broke into her Elkins Park Drive home just before noon on Friday.
"She didn't know if he had a weapon," the girl's father said.
Officers nearby on patrol in Matthews responded and spotted the suspect running out of the home’s back door.
"So he ran out the back and took off, but they caught him," the father said.
They conducted a search of the area and apprehended the perpetrator.
Damien Alexander Denny, 17, was arrested for the crime.
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Denny was also charged in connection with five other break-ins:
- Little Stream Court
- Apple Pie Court
- Old House Circle
- Ashley Farm Drive
- Tibble Creek Way
(LIVESTREAM: Eyewitness News)
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