Suspected burglar calls a cab from victim’s house
Police in Holland, Michigan didn’t have much trouble tracking down a burglary suspect who took a cab ride home from his alleged victim’s house.
20-year-old Rogelio Bueno of Holland has been charged with 2nd-degree home invasion. He’s being held in the Ottawa County jail under a $50,000 bond.
Police say Bueno broke into a residence on Monday while the victim was out and took a computer, a television, a stereo, a Sony PlayStation and a couple of camcorders. Officers say Bueno apparently decided that he couldn’t carry everything away with him. So he used the victim’s telephone to call Red’s Taxi and loaded up the loot in a cab when it arrived.
A witness had remembered seeing a taxi parked near the victim’s townhouse. Investigators went to Red’s Taxi, checked the dispatch logs and arrested Bueno at his home a couple of hours after the burglary. Police reported finding the stolen property there.
Cab driver Richard Hasty says Bueno explained away all the items by saying he was moving, and asked to be dropped off at an alley.


