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A lady was left “extraordinarily frightened” on the aspect of a Massachusetts freeway Monday after making the horrifying discovery {that a} man had been hiding beneath a coat within the backseat of her automotive whereas she was driving.
A police officer in Yarmouth, close to Cape Cod, was patrolling Route 6 simply earlier than 1 a.m. Monday when he approached a car he thought was disabled — solely to find a “scared and upset” lady standing exterior the automotive attempting to name 911, police said in a statement.
The lady “gave the impression to be scared and upset as she defined to the officer what had simply occurred,” police stated.
The lady instructed the officer she had simply left a pal’s home and didn’t discover something irregular as she drove — till a lightweight out of the blue got here on inside her automotive.
Startled, the girl peered into the backseat and found she had an undesirable stowaway trying to cover inside her automotive.
“As she regarded into the again seat, she was shocked to see a person hiding with a coat pulled over his head,” police stated.
“Extremely frightened, she started driving erratically and the person fell out of the open rear door of the automotive.”
Following a quick investigation, the Yarmouth Police Department situated and arrested the suspect, 36-year-old Jailton Dos Santos of South Yarmouth.
Dos Santos was arrested and charged with breaking and coming into right into a car within the nighttime, police stated.
While the unidentified lady fortunately escaped the harrowing state of affairs unscathed, police stated they hope the terrifying ordeal will function an necessary security reminder.
“The Yarmouth Police wish to remind everybody to ensure they lock their unattended autos, particularly at evening,” the division famous on-line.
Police didn’t share why Dos Santos was within the lady’s automotive.
