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Accused Burglar Jumps Off Roof and Tries to Hide in Porta-Potty

Oct. 28, 2024

A makeshift hideout in a porta-potty couldn’t save an accused burglar from arrest, California police reported.

By Don Sweeney

Source The Charlotte Observer (TNS)

Despite being ordered to stop, the man ran away and officers found three backpacks containing knives and burglary tools on the roof, police said.

CAMPBELL, California -- A makeshift hideout in a porta-potty couldn’t save an accused burglar from arrest, California police reported.

Officers responding to a burglary reported at a storage facility spotted a 47-year-old man jump off one of the roofs around 1:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, Campbell police said in a news release.

Despite being ordered to stop, the man ran away and officers found three backpacks containing knives and burglary tools on the roof, police said. A section of the roof had been cut open.

Deputies and officers established a perimeter and searched for the man, police said.

Officers found the man hiding inside a nearby porta-potty, where he was arrested without incident, police said.

He faces charges including burglary, resisting arrest, possessing burglary tools and possession of pepper spray, a taser and concealed dirk/dagger as a felon, police said.

Campbell is about a 50-mile drive southeast from San Francisco.