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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Pinellas Park police have arrested a man they say met a teenage girl online, crawled into her bedroom window and hid in her closet when officers searched the house.

What we know:

Police say they were called to a home on the 7900 block of Cedar Ridge Drive around 4:20 p.m. on Sunday to investigate a reported burglary in progress.

A witness told officers that they saw a man enter the home through a bedroom window.

When officers arrived, they said the homeowners were not aware that a man was inside their residence.

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While searching the home, officers said they found 26-year-old Eliezer Soto, of Pinellas Park, hiding in the closet of the homeowners’ 16-year-old daughte

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