TULSA, Okla. — UPDATE: Tulsa police say they have arrested William Parnell.
Parnell is accused of burglarizing a home. According to Tulsa police, last Friday a woman said Parnell in the photos/video followed her daughter when she got off the bus in the neighborhood near 81st and Harvard.
Police say another man said Parnell followed his daughter home, pulled on the storm door, rang the doorbell, and asked to use the restroom. She didn't let him in and Parnell left. Police both girls are around 10 years old.
A few days later on Monday afternoon, one of the girls saw Parnell peeking in the windows of her house. She ran for help. Police said Parnell broke a glass door, got in, and stole a gun.
“At around 3:00 o’clock yesterday I was home, and my neighbor, she’s 11 years old, was knocking on the door and she’s like…hey I think someone’s in my backyard,” Wyatt Smith said.
Wyatt Smith said when he went to go look, he saw a man climbing over the fence to flee.
“He had a facemask on and a hood, and a green bandana around his head. You know a really big knife. I mean that was the craziest part, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s right there,” Smith said.
Police said the suspect managed to break a glass door, break in and steal a gun.
But Wyatt's biggest concern, this is not the first time it's happened.
He said last week the same suspect believed to be Parnell was seen in that same neighborhood following Wyatt's neighbor after being dropped off from school.
“It’s kind of crazy because he came at the exact same time on Friday as he did yesterday on Monday, so he’s definitely paying attention to some stuff that’s going on,” Smith said.
Also last Friday, police said they received a second report about this same suspect following another 10-year-old girl into her home.
Police said he pulled on the storm door, rang the doorbell, and asked to use the restroom. They said when he was told no — he left.
Smith said since they filed a report with the police and more neighbors have seen police patrolling the area.
Parnell is now in police custody.
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