11-year-old girl's stick-figure drawing leads to arrest of burglary suspect [View all]

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STRATFORD, Conn. - (WVIT/NBC) An 11-year-old girl, who drew a stick figure of a burglar, was honored by police in Connecticut after the sketch led to the arrest of a suspect.

In a room full of police, Rebecca DePietro of Stratford, Conn., was wearing hot pink. But she didn't need a uniform to be honored for some detective work of her own after a string of burglaries on her street.

She drew a stick figure sketch of the suspect after police came to her door a few months ago asking if she'd seen anyone suspicious.

"I drew a picture of him. It wasn't like the best picture it was just a head some legs,” said DePietro. "I thought like, ‘Oh, (the detective will) probably just going to crumple it up and throw it out.’"

Instead, police took the two-minute doodle seriously.

"For us to take that sketch and match it up, it was remarkable," said Stratford Police Chief Patrick.

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