PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An 18-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday for burglarizing 2 homes in Wilsonville.
Emely Mercedes Fernandez confessed to two separate burglaries, one on Wimbledon Circle and one on Tournament Court.
Fernandez was discovered by a neighbor on Wimbledon Circle hiding in the bushes in a yard. Police had been called to a house nearby by a mother whose 12-year-old son was home alone and reported that someone had entered his house.
The neighbor who reported finding Fernandez in the bushes recognized her because she had just been at his house selling magazine subscriptions.
Police arrested her and she later confessed to the burglary on Tournament Court.
She is charged with three counts of first-degree burglary.
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