A man was arrested Saturday after allegedly burglarizing two apartments at a complex near the University of Central Florida, deputies said.
Christopher Bryan Woods, 27, was arrested after deputies were called to Northgate Lakes Apartment Complex by a resident, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. The resident, called deputies around 6 a.m. and told them she heard someone trying to get into the apartment she was staying in.
She told deputies that she also believed that the suspect went inside the apartment next door.
When deputies responded to Northgate they saw a vehicle leaving the complex with its lights turned off, the release said. Deputies said that Woods was driving the vehicle and was found with several stolen items including a guitar, wallet and computer. Deputies later found additional stolen items stashed in a stairwell in the apartment complex, the release said.
“It was our next door neighbor’s apartment, and we heard him take things out of his apartment and rumble them down the staircase,” She told KnightNews.com. “We called immediately, and the cops caught him driving out of Northgate as they came in.”
This wasn’t the first time she had to deal with someone breaking into the apartment she was in. On Jan. 26, her apartment was one of three burglarized in the middle of the night at Northgate Lakes.
She had her Apple MacBook Air, Beats headphones and 32″ Samsung Smart TV stolen in the January burglary. Almost $6,000 in items were stolen from the three apartments.
Investigators discovered that Woods was allegedly responsible for a burglary that occurred at the complex on Feb. 11 where credit cards were stolen, the release said. Deputies said that surveillance footage captured Woods purchasing about $300 worth of items at the Walmart located on East Colonial Drive near UCF.
“The investigation remains ongoing as investigators look into the possibility of Woods being involved in other burglaries,” the release said.