LEESBURG, Fla. – A woman in Florida told a deputy that when she went fishing, a neighbor came stealing, taking a prescription medicine, and she caught the crime on video.
The victim reported the residential burglary when she returned on Sept. 20 and “checked her Ring doorbell camera to find that her neighbor across the street at [address] walked into her residence and took her medication (hydrocodone),” the arrest report said.
The deputy showed up and wrote, “The victim pointed at a Ring doorbell camera that she had sitting up in the kitchen cabinet hidden.
“The victim stated that she had a feeling that someone had been taking her medicine (hydrocodone) because she noticed that there was more missing than she had been taking.
“The victim then proceeded to show me videos which depicted her neighbor, the defendant, entering the carport door into the kitchen.
“The defendant then walked through the living room, and then into the victim’s bedroom, located on the northwest side of the residence.
“In the video, you can see the defendant reaching up, retrieving something, then coming back out of the bedroom.
“The defendant appeared to be holding something in her right hand. The defendant then walked back out of the residence the way she came in.”
From there, the deputy wrote that he walked across the street, “asked the defendant what was going on today, and she stated that she only took one pill.
“I asked the defendant what pill she was referring to, and she stated, ‘The one that she was talking about.’
“The defendant stated that she brought over banana bread to the victim’s residence and left it on the victim’s door, but then made entry into the residence, retrieved one hydrocodone pill out of the victim’s bedroom, and then left.”
The arrest report continued, “The defendant advised that she thought it was OK to do so since the victim had given her hydrocodone before, to help her with her back pain.
“The defendant later stated that she called the victim and advised that she was bringing the banana bread over, and got permission to get the hydrocodone.”
The deputy tried to verify that, but said the victim told him, “At no point did she permit the defendant to come into her residence or to take any of her medication.”
Christina Lynn Newman, 58, was charged with burglary and petit theft.
She was released in lieu of $11,000 bond after almost 28 hours in jail, and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
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