J.D. Gallop

FLORIDA TODAY

A 17-year-old Palm Bay youth will face a juvenile court judge later this month after police said he repeatedly broke into his mother's locked room and stole her shoes, shirts and perfume.

The teen, who is not being identified by FLORIDA TODAY, because of his age, was charged with violation of probation, burglary and criminal mischief two months after officers initially went to a home on Beacon Street in the northwest section of the city to investigate the mother's claims against her son.

The woman told officers that she returned home and discovered that despite locking her door, several items, including shoes, shirts and perfume were missing from her room. She later spotted her son wearing the items and called police.

The teen was arrested at a home in Cocoa and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center in Sharpes.

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