Embarrassed burglar leaves $200 and flees home with his AR-15

The owners of a New Mexico home were doubly surprised at the weekend to find a burglar in their house with an AR-15, and then to have him apologise, give them money and leave, embarrassed.

The man had slept, bathed and dined at the home on the outskirts of Santa Fe before the owners returned and discovered him, a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office police report cited by the Albuquerque Journal read.

He had an AR-15 scoped rifle but didn’t threaten them, or take any of their jewellery or other belongings.

Instead, he gave the homeowners $200 as “reimbursement for the window he broke”, the report said.

The suspect — about 1.8 metres tall and in his late 20s — also shared a bit of his story, telling the owners he was running from someone and that his family had been killed in east Texas, the report said. He said his car had broken down outside Santa Fe.

The homeowners told authorities the man was “extremely embarrassed and apologetic about the situation”, the report states.

The suspect left the home with his duffel bag and gun, walking down a ditch. His alleged larcenies totalled $15, the report said.

Sheriff’s deputies came to the home and searched the ditch but didn’t find anyone.

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