Burglary suspect ID’d by MPD

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Yoane Moothory

A 19-year-old man has been identified as the suspect in a burglary that turned into a brief manhunt in Glennwilde.

Yoane Moothory faces felony charges of third-degree burglary, felony flight and possession of burglary tools.

Maricopa Police Department was alerted to a robbery in progress at around 9:48 a.m. from a home on West Prado Street in the Tortosa subdivision. The homeowner had returned to find a male in a black ski mask inside his home. The homeowner’s handgun was in the suspect’s possession.

The homeowner left the house to call 911. He told MPD a side window was broken and a strange car was parked in front. The suspect was seen leaving the house in the car.

The car eluded responding patrol units and was last seen entering the Glennwilde subdivision.

MPD set up a perimeter and began the search for the vehicle. When an officer in an unmarked police vehicle later found it, the car appeared to be unoccupied.

“While the officer was waiting for backup units to arrive, a second vehicle drove up and stopped,” MPD spokesman Ricardo Alvarado said. “A male subject exited the passenger side of the vehicle and removed the temporary plate of the parked car and drove away.”

MPD made a traffic stop on the vehicle as it was preparing to leave Glennwilde through the north entry at Honeycutt Road. A woman and a child were in the car with the suspect, who was then identified as Moothory.

He was arrested without incident. According to MPD, officers also located a ski mask and the homeowner’s handgun.


MPD originally reported Moothory’s name as Nas