By Ethan McSweeney
Police arrested two people in the early morning hours of June 16 after an alleged botched late-night burglary of a Maricopa home, according to a Maricopa Police Department report.
Brandon Joormann, 18, and a minor were arrested on charges related to the attempted burglary on West Rio Bravo Drive.
Joormann, after he was contacted by MPD later, allegedly told police he and his accomplice had been walking around the neighborhood to find a home they could burglarize around 10 p.m. on June 15, the report read.
At the West Rio Bravo Drive house, Joormann knocked on the front door to see if anyone was home, according to the report. When no one answered, the two walked around to the house to the back.
There, Joormann supplied his accomplice with a knife to open the back window, the report read. The two successfully broke the back screen and opened the window into the house.
The two then saw the homeowner get out of bed, and they fled the house, according to the report. Police later found a hammer and a knife at the scene.
The alleged accomplice was first contacted by MPD and told police the address where Joormann could be found, according to the report. Police went to the address around 2 a.m. on June 16 and found Joormann.
Joormann “admitted to talking about and attempting to commit the burglary” and then detailed what occurred, the report read. He also allegedly admitted he and his accomplice brought the hammer and knife to commit the burglary.
Joormann faces charges of attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools, trespassing and criminal damage.
Police charged the minor with criminal damage. He was later booked into the juvenile facility.
