EVERETT — Two intruders kicked in the locked bedroom and bathroom doors to get to a terrified homeowner who was hiding in the bathtub, sobbing.
One of the man ripped the woman’s phone from her hands. She was on the line with an emergency dispatcher. The intruders reassured the woman they weren’t going to hurt her, but one of them ripped a gold jade necklace off of her, according to newly filed court documents.
One of the suspects was identified as Calvin Bennett, 27. Prosecutors earlier this week charged Bennett with second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.
Bennett reportedly turned himself into Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies two days after the break-in.
He allegedly started calling sheriff’s deputies the day after the robbery. He eventually approached a sheriff’s captain March 31, saying he was a suspect in the recent robbery, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Andrew Alsdorf wrote in court papers.
“Unsolicited, the defendant stated that he had been trying to contact investigators all night, but couldn’t get anyone to answer,” Alsdorf wrote.
Bennett was handcuffed, and requested an attorney.
The sheriff’s office had circulated a photograph of Bennett taken from a video camera that captured the intruders in the woman’s bedroom. Deputies received numerous tips identifying Bennett as the man seen in the photograph.
Investigators haven’t identified the second man, who was wearing gloves, a black hooded coat and fabric covering the lower half of his face. Bennett reportedly didn’t wear anything to conceal his identity.
The incident happened around 10:30 a.m. along 126th Street SW in south Everett. The woman, 45, was home alone when she heard pounding on her front door. She didn’t answer and a short time later she heard someone force open the door. She locked herself in her master bedroom, called 911, and then locked herself inside the master bathroom.
A motion-activated surveillance camera caught the suspects break into the bedroom. Bennett was allegedly carrying a pry bar. He yelled at the locked bathroom door, “Where’s it at?” The unknown suspect kicked open the bathroom door.
That man can be heard on the video, saying, “She’s in the shower.”
“Shortly after this comment the victim’s terrified screams can be heard on the video, as she pleaded with the burglars to leave her alone,” Alsdorf wrote.
The unknown suspect ripped the phone from the woman’s hands and then grabbed the woman’s necklace, according to court papers.
The men rummaged through her bedroom. Investigators believe they were looking for something specific. They left behind the victim’s wallet, iPad and surveillance camera.
They fled the house about three minutes after kicking in the front door.
Bennett was being held on $50,000 bail. He also is accused of assaulting a corrections officer early Friday. He reportedly shoved the deputy while scuffling with another inmate. The officer was pushed into a railing and complained of back pain.
Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463; hefley@heraldnet.com.
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