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    Car theft suspect held after LA roof standoff

    Associated Press – Thu, Feb 9, 2012

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspect in an auto theft was arrested Thursday after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Westwood neighborhood.

    Police SWAT members finally climbed the roof of a home and peppered the man with bean-bag ammunition.

    That persuaded him to scramble over to a truck-mounted ramp, and he was lowered to the ground and handcuffed, Officer Karen Rayner said. The suspect's name was not immediately released.

    No one was seriously injured during the confrontation, which began around 8 a.m. when police began following a reportedly stolen Toyota Camry.

    After a short chase, the driver stopped, ran and climbed onto a roof a block east of the University of California, Los Angeles, police said.

    The standoff was broadcast live throughout the morning from a KTTV-TV news helicopter that showed the man hopping from rooftop to rooftop of several homes as police flooded the neighborhood.

    No homes were evacuated. Police surrounded the home, and crisis negotiators made unsuccessful efforts to get the man to come down.

    The suspect attempted to climb down a tree several times but returned to second-floor rooftops when he spotted officers nearby.

    At one point, officers used ladders to get onto the roof and got within 20 feet of the suspect, urging him to surrender.

    But he jumped to the rooftop of another home. When officers placed a ladder in front of the suspect at one point, he ran away and leaned against a fireplace to smoke what appeared to be a cigarette.

    Moments later, the agitated man raised his arms and appeared to be taunting officers as he paced back and forth on rooftops, jumping from house to house.

     

    8 comments

    • none
      none  •  3 mths ago
      It's a shame the police have to waste the time and manpower in dealing with #$%$ like this, screw the peper spray, fill em with lead!
    • JJ
      JJ  •  Coeur D'Alene, Idaho  •  3 mths ago
      They should have sent ONE cop, with ONE gun, and ONE bullet. Would have saved THOUSANDS of taxpayer dollars, and gotten rid of one more stupid&$# human and prevented him from breeding more.
    • Love it or leave it
      Love it or leave it  •  3 mths ago
      They should have taken him out, one less bad guy and no tieing up the court system. He will be back on streets causing more trouble in no time at all.
    • Bob the Builder
      Bob the Builder  •  Fresno, California  •  3 mths ago
      so sad when the criminals are in better shape than the cops.
    • H.Busch
      H.Busch  •  3 mths ago
      How did he get the car up on the roof ?
    • love1
      love1  •  Lake Charles, Louisiana  •  3 mths ago
      "But he jumped to the rooftop of another home...he ran away and leaned against a fireplace to smoke what appeared to be a cigarette."

      ---They may want to take a second look at what he was smoking...
    • RE
      RE  •  Pontiac, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      you must bow down to the great corn holyoooooooooo!
    • Ace
      Ace  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      fail hoo
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