UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Sheriff’s deputies in Union County say they arrested a break-in suspect not long after the crime, thanks to the victim’s detailed story.
This unfolded early Saturday morning, just outside Waxhaw.
Hector Dios-Flores is charged with breaking and entering to terrorize and injure.
Deputies say he tried to break into a home on Old Waxhaw Road early Saturday morning.
The homeowner told Channel 9 that he and his wife confronted Dios-Flores.
His wife had a firearm.
They say Dios-Flores threated them, but then ran off.
Deputies say the couple’s description and doorbell camera video helped them catch the suspect in a school parking lot nearby.
He is in the Union County Jail under a $10,000 bond.
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