LIVONIA, Mich. – Livonia Police announced on Saturday they had arrested a man wanted for an attempted home invasion in a neighborhood on Newburgh near 6 Mile on May 13.
The man was seen on security camera footage peering into homes that day dressed in what appeared to be a hazmat or beekeeper suit while carrying a backpack and a screwdriver.
“As soon as I unlocked the cage, he bolted to the door and started barking just like this mean bark, and I turn around from the cage, and I just see this blur of white go by the door,” Victoria Williams told Local 4 of her encounter with the man on May 13. “He was like, ‘I’m just checking something for somebody.’ I said, ‘I don’t know who you are,’ and in the meantime I’m hitting the 911 on my phone.”
While she was on the phone with 911, she said the man grabbed her by the neck as he tried to get away. Security video captured him running away from the house. Police later found some of his clothes in a nearby trash can.
Undeterred, the man reappeared in the same neighborhood the next day. A homeowner spotted him walking around and contacted the police.
After three weeks on the run, police caught the man and announced his arrest on Saturday.
“I wanted to cry when I heard he was arrested,” Williams said on Sunday. “I’m just so thankful for the support of my neighbors and the work of the Livonia Police Department.”
The case has been handed over to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office for charges. More information on who this man is will be revealed when any charges are formally filed.