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Woman Accused Of Breaking Into Home To Do Laundry

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By BART PFANKUCH

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Published: February 24, 2009

MANATEE COUNTY -- - A Bradenton woman was charged with felony burglary after she repeatedly broke into a home in her neighborhood to use the clothes washer and dryer in a vacant home, according to an arrest report.

Mary Angela Southwick, 49, was arrested Friday on a burglary charge after she was caught inside a vacant rental home in the 100 block of 17th Street Northwest, the report said.

Bradenton police received a complaint about someone breaking into the vacant home, and responding officers found wet clothes in the washer and dryer. Southwick, police said, was found hiding in a closet in the home.

Officers contacted the home's owner, who lives out of state, and she requested police press charges against Southwick and asked that she be required to reimburse the costs of water and electricity.

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