CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral Police responded to a call about someone walking around with a flashlight at a neighbors house.
When Cape Police arrived, they noticed a man sitting in a van in the driveway.
Police asked the man to get out several times, and instead of getting out, he was grabbing around the floor of the vehicle.
Once again, Police demand he shows his hands, but the suspect did not comply. Cape Coral Police grabbed the suspect and detained him. That's when police discovered a gun in the suspect's belt loop.
Viens started crying after he was handcuffed and said he was told the house was abandoned and was stealing to get things to sell so he could help his incarcerated girlfriend.
Veins admitted almost everything had been stolen from the house.
Christopher Viens was sentenced to 7 years in prison followed by 36 months' probation for one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and given the same sentence for Burglary of a Dwelling.
He was also sentenced to a total of 364 days in jail for one count of Resisting an Officer without Violence and 60 days in jail for Petit Theft.
