A girl was left “extraordinarily frightened” on the facet of a Massachusetts freeway Monday after making the horrifying discovery {that a} man had been hiding beneath a coat within the backseat of her automotive whereas she was driving.
A police officer in Yarmouth, close to Cape Cod, was patrolling Route 6 simply earlier than 1 a.m. Monday when he approached a car he thought was disabled — solely to find a “scared and upset” lady standing exterior the automotive attempting to name 911, police said in a statement.
The lady “seemed to be scared and upset as she defined to the officer what had simply occurred,” police stated.
The lady advised the officer she had simply left a buddy’s home and didn’t discover something irregular as she drove — till a lightweight abruptly got here on inside her automotive.
Startled, the lady peered into the backseat and found she had an undesirable stowaway making an attempt to cover inside her automotive.
“As she appeared into the again seat, she was stunned to see a person hiding with a coat pulled over his head,” police stated.
“Extraordinarily frightened, she started driving erratically and the person fell out of the open rear door of the automotive.”
Following a short investigation, the Yarmouth Police Division positioned and arrested the suspect, 36-year-old Jailton Dos Santos of South Yarmouth.
Dos Santos was arrested and charged with breaking and getting into right into a car within the nighttime, police stated.
Whereas the unidentified lady fortunately escaped the harrowing scenario unscathed, police stated they hope the terrifying ordeal will function an essential security reminder.
“The Yarmouth Police wish to remind everybody to verify they lock their unattended autos, particularly at night time,” the division famous on-line.
Police didn’t share why Dos Santos was within the lady’s automotive.
