Orange Cove, CA-An Orange Cove burglar is behind bars, but it's what put him there that has Sheriff's Deputies shaking their heads.

According to Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies, 22-year-old Jesse Neri Jr. of Visalia broke into a home on the 900 block of Fourth St. in Orange Cove on Saturday.

 Neri got inside the home by breaking the back window, however once inside he set off the motion detectors, which activated the home's alarm.

 Neri quickly fled the scene, and in the process dropped his cell phone near the broken window.

 During the course of the investigation, deputies discovered the phone and were able to identify that it belonged to Neri.

  Officers then called Neri (not identifying themselves as deputies) and offered to meet up with him to return the phone.

  Neri fell for the ruse and agreed to meet deputies near the intersection of Huntsman & Hills Valley to reclaim his phone.  

   However once he showed up he was arrested in connection with the burglary. He has since been booked into the Fresno County Jail facing charges of residential burglary.

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