WESTGATE, IOWA – A would-be burglar walked into this Iowa house that didn’t belong to him, and the homeowners’ cameras caught him in the act, sending cops to nab him a short distance away.
On July 5, 2023 the Fayette County Sheriff’s office took a 911 call of a burglary in progress on 120th Street just north of Westgate.
The home owners had witnessed the burglary with home surveillance and phoned it in. Once deputies arrived, they identified the suspect and put out an attempt to locate. A short time later, the suspect, Cory Ash Billingsley, age 42 of Oelwein, was stopped by a Bremer county deputy north of Denver. Fayette county deputies then arrested him and transported him to the Fayette County Jail.
Billingsley was charged with burglary in the 2nd degree, a class “C” felony; if convicted could face up to 10 years in prison.