Cape Cod man arrested after girl discovered him hiding in her again seat whereas driving, police say

A Cape Cod man is charged with breaking and getting into after Yarmouth police say a girl discovered him hiding in her again seat whereas she was driving.

A Yarmouth officer was patrolling close to the Route 6 exit ramp simply earlier than 1 a.m. Monday when he got here throughout what he thought was a disabled automobile, police mentioned in a information launch.

A lady, who “gave the impression to be scared and upset,” was standing exterior the car and attempting to dial 911, in response to the discharge. She informed the officer she left her buddy’s home and didn’t discover something uncommon till a light-weight got here on contained in the automobile whereas she was driving.

The girl mentioned she seemed into the again seat and located a person hiding with a coat pulled over his head, in response to police.

“Extraordinarily frightened, she started driving erratically and the person fell out of the open rear door of the automobile,” Yarmouth police mentioned.

Following a quick investigation, Yarmouth police arrested Jailton Dos Santos, 36, and charged him with breaking and getting into right into a car within the nighttime. Boston.com has reached out to the South Yarmouth man’s lawyer for remark.

Yarmouth police reminded drivers to lock their unattended automobiles, significantly at night time.