Women broke into man’s residence and threw glitter at him, police say

Two girls have been charged with felony housebreaking, accused of breaking into a person’s house in Clearwater, Florida, and throwing containers of glitter at him throughout an argument, authorities mentioned.
The man was standing on his balcony when the ladies, Sarah Franks, 29, and Kaitlin O’Donovan, 27, each of Clearwater, arrived at his house complicated simply earlier than 3 am on Monday, in response to the Clearwater Police Department.
The girls started arguing with the person and Franks threw a container of glitter at him, placing him within the higher torso and head, in response to an arrest affidavit. Franks then climbed over the balcony railing, entered the person’s house and threw extra containers of glitter at him. She then unlocked the entrance door of the house and let in O’Donovan, in response to the arrest affidavits.
Once she was contained in the house, O’Donovan additionally started throwing containers of glitter on the man, her arrest affidavit mentioned.
As she was leaving the house, Franks kicked a window till it broke, in response to her arrest affidavit.
After the ladies fled the house complicated, the police discovered Franks’ automobile at an deal with listed for her and O’Donovan lower than 2 miles from the person’s residence. The “vehicle was still warm to touch,” an arrest affidavit mentioned. The police mentioned they discovered glitter contained in the automobile.
Franks was seen strolling round sporting the identical garments that the person informed the police she was sporting when she broke into his house, in response to an arrest affidavit.
Franks and O’Donovan have been arrested and charged with felony housebreaking, and Franks was additionally charged with misdemeanor prison mischief for kicking the window.
The two girls have been booked into the Pinellas County Jail on Monday, and so they have been launched on $75,000 bond every Tuesday.
Franks and O’Donovan didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark Wednesday. It was unclear whether or not they had attorneys.
A motive was not instantly clear Wednesday, nor was it clear if the ladies knew the sufferer. The Clearwater Police Department didn’t reply to requests for remark Wednesday a couple of motive for the assault. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, which is helping the Police Department, declined to remark, saying in an electronic mail Wednesday afternoon that the assault was nonetheless beneath investigation.
According to the arrest affidavits, there was no indication that Franks was inebriated or medication, although there have been indicators that O’Donovan may need been consuming earlier than the break-in.
This article initially appeared in The New York Times.