Police catch jumpy burglar in Hawthorne
Here's something that went down this morning in the 11700 block of York Avenue in Hawthorne. The info is from Hawthorne police Lt. Mike Ishii:
A woman awakened to sounds of a man breaking into her third-floor apartment and quietly called police from her bedroom.
The burglary, realizing police had pulled up outside, then climbed back onto the roof of the building and leaped about 10 feet through the air onto the next-door building's roof to try to get away. It included about a 15-foot-drop.
He soon jumped about 35 feet to the ground and ran onto the nearby Century Freeway, where he dashed along the shoulder to try to get away.
Police caught him at the side of the freeway. I'll have more later.
About the Blogger
Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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