LADY LAKE, Florida—A Fort Pierce man destroyed his mom’s apartment and texted her to tell her about it, according to an arrest affidavit.
Brett Barton Moorhouse, 34, texted his mom Sunday afternoon and said he was headed over, she told Lady Lake Police. The woman told Moorhouse he was not welcome, and he later texted her and stated, “Go check your apartment I made it up just for you. I admit everything 100%.”
The victim sent family members to check on her home and when they arrived, they found the door unlocked, the affidavit states. They opened the door, found the apartment in disarray, and called 9-1-1.
LLPD officers arrived and found that an unlocked window was likely the entry point; a knife was lying on the bed in the master bedroom and the mattress was stabbed multiple times. A fan was broken, and two televisions were broken, likely by being punched, the arresting officer noted in the affidavit. Food was also dumped from the refrigerator onto the floor.
Several hours later officers responded to a report of a suicidal male at a business on Avenida Central and Moorhouse was identified and taken into custody. He was arrested for burglary and felony criminal mischief and is being held in the Lake County Jail on $12,000 bond.
