Police caught a crook red-handed in Plantation.

The suspected burglar triggered the alarm when he broke into a Metro PCS store along State Road 7 early Friday morning.

Police say when they showed up, they caught the burglar trying to steal cell phones from inside the store.

He was arrested and taken to jail.

Police looked through nearby bushes and found a backpack that they believe belongs to the suspect.

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