Man: Returning for bike burglars' downfall

WEST HARTFORD, Conn., June 24 (UPI) -- A Connecticut man said three burglars who scattered from his home when he arrived were arrested when they returned for a left-behind bike.

Dan Haar, business editor for the Hartfort Courant, said he returned to his West Hartford home Monday night and saw a bicycle he did not recognize on his stoop and screen doors left open, the Courant reported Wednesday.

Haar said he saw three people run out of the house through a window screen they had smashed, but they left the bike behind.

He said the three people approached his house once again a few minutes later while he was waiting for police.

"Just then, they grabbed the bicycle, and about 10 seconds later -- I didn't chase after them or anything -- the cops come and arrest them right there, quickly," Haar said.

Police said the suspects, identified as a 23-year-old woman and two 14-year-olds, were found to be carrying some of Haar's property.

The woman, Zuleima Romero, was charged with first-degree burglary, possession of burglar tools and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. Her alleged accomplices were charged with burglary and referred to juvenile court.