Police catch suspected burglar in Hermosa Beach
Police say Knight Durand Colburn, 47, of Redondo Beach caused some commotion this morning for residents in the 400 block of 31st Street in Hermosa Beach.This guy either is a gymnast or Spiderman or something.
According to police, he removed a ladder from a parked work truck at 5 a.m. and used it to get into a house under construction.
A neighbor heard the noise, looked out the window and saw him climbing into the second story. The neighbor called police.
Officers arrived quickly. Colbrun noticed and jumped out the window onto the next-door neighbor's roof. He then leaped onto another couple of rooftops before jumping to the ground.
Officers caught him hiding under a tarp.
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As a baby his nickname was Spider as he climb from his crib to the dresser to the top bunk bed, he was under 2