FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A suspected burglar is in custody after he fell through the roof of a central Fresno home on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Fresno Police say officers were called to a burglary in progress at a detached garage on Calaveras Street near Belmont Avenue around 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they surrounded the garage and immediately arrested a woman.<\/p>\n
She was taken into custody but officers later learned there was still a man inside the garage.<\/p>\n
The man had barricaded himself in the garage and as officers surrounded him, the suspect punched through the garage’s roof and fled from officers.<\/p>\n
Police chased the suspect until he crawled up another home, removed a swamp cooler and entered the home’s attic.<\/p>\n
The officers then had to enter the home to try and remove the suspect. According to police, the man started throwing debris at officers and a K9 officer.<\/p>\n
The man was then captured on camera falling through the home’s roof, where Fresno Police officers quickly detained him.<\/p>\n
He was arrested and taken to the hospital for his injuries suffered from the fall and the K9’s bite.<\/p>\n
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and the Fresno Fire Department aided Fresno Police in the man’s arrest.<\/p>\n
Stay with ABC30 for the latest details on this developing story.<\/p>\n
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