Machete left behind in foiled burglary at Garapan house
A burglar left a 21-inch long machete in one of two apartment units in Garapan that he tried to break into early Monday morning.
The burglar ran off with a male companion who was acting as a lookout when one of the apartment’s occupants saw him trying to open the door knob at the main door using a machete.
Police officers scoured the apartment’s vicinity but failed to catch the burglars, Saipan Tribune learned.
The would-be victim told Saipan Tribune that her husband had just finished eating after arriving from work at 2am and was about to double-lock the front door when it slowly opened and a machete slipped through the crack. He saw a man holding the machete and immediately slammed the door and shouted for help.
The machete was stuck on the door and the surprised burglar ran away. Witnesses said another man also fled.
The couple learned that the burglar first tried to break into another unit on the same floor that same day. The suspect destroyed the door’s screen but failed to get inside because of the lock on the door.
