Woman wakes up to burglar in Nashville home, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A teenager was taken into custody after a woman woke up to find a burglar inside her bedroom near downtown Nashville.
A teen faces felony charges after police said a resident woke up to a burglar in her home.
According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the property off 2nd Avenue South near Chestnut Street in Nashville on Wednesday, May 22. A woman told officers she was asleep in her room when she woke up and saw the suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Timara Adonica Becton.
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The victim said she screamed, called 911 and shouted for her roommate to lock her room because someone was in the house. Becton tried getting into the second room but it was already secured so she fled the scene, according to court documents.
The victims told officers several items were missing, including paperwork, jewelry, handbags, wallets and debit cards. Police noted a car and its keys were also gone.
Surveillance footage showed someone outside the home matching Becton’s description, according to Metro police. An officer spotted the stolen vehicle running at a dead end on Trimble Street. After activating their blue lights, the officer said Becton ran from the drivers door toward a tree line. According to an affidavit, officers ran after her and told her to stop and she fell while trying to climb a hill and surrendered.
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Becton reportedly denied going into the home and said she’d been driving the vehicle since earlier in the day. Officers said they found the victims’ jewelry in the teen’s pocket.
Becton was charged with aggravated burglary and theft of a motor vehicle. She was booked into jail just before 2:00 a.m. Wednesday with bond set at $50,000.
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