HOBE SOUND, Fla. — A woman in Martin County is accused of trying to break a home’s hurricane window to try to steal a 90-pound German shepherd.
Deputies said Roberta Walker, 51, of Washington, D.C., broke into a home in Hobe Sound by climbing through a bedroom window. They said she tried stealing the homeowner’s dog while it was in a crate, but not before the homeowner came home and confronted her.
“This is going to be, it’s one of these things that goes in the category of you can’t make this stuff up,” said Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.
Authorities said Walker spent around a half hour trying to get inside the home.
“And for the next half an hour, she chipped away at an impact glass window in the back of the house with a rock and a little piece of metal,” said Budensiek. “Eventually (she) was able to compromise that window, at which point she crawled into the window.”
That was just the beginning of Walker’s confusing criminal acts.
“Nothing she did made sense,” said Budensiek. “Daytime burglary, spent a half an hour doing it, stayed in the house, drug a 90-pound dog outside, like, what are you going to do with a 90-pound dog? And then in broad daylight, stole a car.”
Following a large manhunt, Walker was arrested, and officials say they found jewelry in her vehicle from a second burglary.
Budensiek said Walker has a long criminal record, saying if convicted, these new charges carry harsh consequences.
“It’s significant because it’s a burglary of an occupied dwelling with damage over $1,000,” he said. “It’s actually a life felony. Now, do I think she’s going to get a life sentence? No. But she’s going to get a significant amount of time, especially with the criminal history that she has backing her up.”
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