Homeowner preparing breakfast scares off burglar

An allegedly notorious burglar in San Juan City was arrested after one of his would-be victims caught him in his kitchen on Monday morning.

A report to Senior Supt. Bernabe Balba, Eastern Police District director, said that Stephen Stoc Jr., a resident of Barangay Little Baguio, broke into a house of a businessman on Pilar Street at Barangay Addition Hills around 7 a.m.

After the 27-year-old Stoc climbed over the fence, he entered the house and began taking valuables, starting with a cell phone, the report added.

However, he came across the house owner who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

The police said Stoc fled but was later arrested by patrolling policemen, PO2 Luigi Rey Tejada and PO1 Albert Oamil. Seized from the suspect was a knife.

Police records showed that Stoc was involved in other burglaries earlier this year, on top of jeepney robberies, where he allegedly preyed on drunk or sleeping passengers.