From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY — A Birmingham woman was arrested for the third-degree burglary of a vacant residence in McCalla on Sunday.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, police found Debra Teel inside a vacant residence in the 5500 block of South Shades Crest Road in the McCalla community.
Deputies were responding to a report of suspicious activity that had been made to the department at approximately 7:20 a.m.
According to authorities, once on scene, deputies discovered a broken window and a bag of items that Teel claimed to have collected from the residence.
“Well, I guess it’s breaking and entering,” Teel said to deputies after she was in custody. “I know I shouldn’t have done it.”
Jail records indicate that Teel was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 8:56 a.m. on Sunday and held on a $5,000 bond. Teel bonded out at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.