A Florida woman who was looking around the house for her cats found something much larger and more dangerous underneath her bed . The 61-year-old Palm Springs resident was reaching down to find her two missing moggies when she felt the skin of 5'10 '' , 25-year-old suspected burglar Christian Vatovec . Vatovec , who lives in nearby Lake Worth , leaped up after being touched and went through the home 's backdoor before jumping over a fence and escaping . Christian Vatovec , 25 , originally from Staten Island , leaped up and out of the house after its 61-year-old resident discovered the suspected burglar while looking for her cats . The woman said that a gold bracelet and digital camera were missing from her house ( pictured ) after a burglar broke through the back door , though a police report only said Vatovec was found with a gold ring . Police found the suspect , who faces charges of burglary to an occupied dwelling , grand theft and resisting arrest without violence , near a canal by the house , according to Local 10 . Vatovec , originally from Staten Island , had been approaching homes in the area before entering the woman 's residence by breaking the glass in a rear door , according to the police report . The 61-year-old hairdresser , named locally , said that a gold ankle bracelet and digital camera with an estimated value of $ 800 were missing from her home after the Tuesday incident . Vatovec was taken back to the scene of the suspected crime by police and identified by the woman . He had a gold ring , but was not stated as having the missing items . He was being held in lieu of $ 53,000 bail as of Friday . Vatovec was discovered near a canal by the Palm Springs home after rushing out of the house and jumping over a fence .
Palm Springs , Florida , woman touches skin of suspected burglar under bed . Christian Vatovec , 25 , charged with burglary and grand theft . Sixty-one-year-old hairdresser said gold bracelet and camera were missing . Vatovec found near canal near house , was being held on $ 53,000 bail .