MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A 28-year-old man from Little Torch Key was arrested Tuesday after he was caught red-handed burglarizing a vehicle and then attacked the victim, authorities said.
According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt, deputies were called to Jolly Roger Drive around 9:30 a.m. after the 68-year-old victim spotted the suspect, Spencer Alton Fletcher, inside his vehicle.
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Linhardt said the victim confronted Fletcher and Fletcher punched the victim in the face.
The victim later realized that his home had also been burglarized and a door had been forced open, Linhardt said.
Fletcher was quickly found and detained. He faces charges of battery on a person over 65, burglary and criminal mischief.