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Police: Burglar left cell phone behind

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- Police in Florida said they arrested a car burglary suspect who apparently left his cell phone at the scene of the crime.

Gainesville, Fla., police said a man turned in the cell phone Sunday saying he discovered the item in his unlocked car after someone had rifled through the inside of the vehicle, the Gainesville Sun reported.

The officer called a number on the phone and Derrick Albert Robinson, 41, was identified as the phone's owner by a friend. Police told the friend Robinson could pick up the phone at the police department's downtown substation.

Robinson arrived at the substation and was arrested shortly after 4:30 a.m. Monday. He identified the phone as his but said he did not know how it ended up in the burglarized car.

Investigators said Robinson was carrying an iPod that was reported stolen in a separate burglary.

Robinson, who previously served prison sentences for drug possession, burglary, trafficking in stolen property, theft and obstructing a criminal investigation, was charged with burglary and trespassing.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 10/08/2009

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