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Updated: 2:15 PM Feb 9, 2012
Car Theft Suspect Held After LA Roof Standoff
A suspect in an auto theft has been arrested after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Los Angeles neighborhood.
Posted: 1:40 PM Feb 9, 2012Reporter: Associated Press Email Address: news@kolotv.com |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect in an auto theft has been arrested
after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Los Angeles
neighborhood.
Police SWAT members climbed the roof of a home and peppered the
man with bean-bag ammunition shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday. Officer
Karen Rayner says that convinced the man to scramble over to a truck-mounted ramp and he was lowered to the ground and handcuffed.
Officer Bruce Borihanh says police began following a reportedly stolen car shortly before 8 a.m. but after a short chase, the driver stopped, ran off and climbed onto a roof in the Westwood area near the University of California, Los Angeles.
A woman in the car was held for questioning.
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