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Florida woman accused of breaking into police substation and eating officer's chicken dinner left her ID behind

Yvelande Jean-Pierre is charged with burglary. Court records do not show if she has an attorney.
Credit: Boynton Beach Police Department
Yvelande Jean-Pierre is accused of eating an officer's meal. Police say she left behind the asparagus and her ID.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — To identify the burglary suspect who broke into a closed Florida police substation and ate an officer's chicken dinner, detectives didn't need to lift fingerprints or get DNA from the discarded meal.

The ID cards authorities say the suspect left behind did the trick.

Boynton Beach police said Wednesday that officers arriving for a morning shift at a department substation last week found a broken window and the remains of a hastily eaten chicken dinner scattered in the kitchen.

Finding a suspect wasn't hard. They say 29-year-old Yvelande Jean-Pierre left behind her wallet, which contained her two identification cards.

Police say security video shows she spent about 45 minutes in the substation before leaving.

Jean-Pierre is charged with burglary. Court records do not show if she has an attorney.

Her first mistake was breaking into our substation. The second was eating Agent Berben's chicken and asparagus (although she's clearly not a fan of asparagus). Her third mistake was leaving her...

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