A man accused of burglarizing a vehicle in Miami and stealing a bookbag was arrested on Monday after the victim tracked his stolen iPhone, authorities said.
Jose Duran, 23, was charged with burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.
According to authorities, deputies met with the victim at a location where his stolen phone was pinging.
An arrest report said that the day before, the victim was at Cosco, and while he was in the store, he believed that his vehicle was burglarized and his book bag was stolen, which had two tablets, a laptop and his iPhone.
The next day The victim told deputies that he noticed his bag was gone from his vehicle, tracked where his stolen cellphone was, and called police, the report said.
At the location, the report said, deputies tried to make contact with someone at a residence, but there was no answer at the door.
Deputies then saw a Ford that was in the driveway, and it was registered to Duran, and noticed there was a bookbag in the back seat, the report said. The victim was called to see the bag and confirmed that it was his.
Soon after, Duran came out of the house and was detained.
Duran then agreed to talk to detectives, and said he didn’t know who the bookbag belonged to and asked what was wrong with it, the report said. Detectives told Duran that it was stolen and that there was a tracker inside the bag.
Detectives told Duran that his vehicle would be impounded and that a search warrant for his home would be executed since the bag was empty, the report said.
Duran, the report said, then agreed to cooperate, and he was arrested.