{"id":433261,"date":"2026-09-11T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433261\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:32:09","slug":"man-arrested-after-allegedly-dismantling-a-c-units-at-heights-area-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433261\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after allegedly dismantling A\/C units at Heights-area business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 A 49-year-old man was arrested after a repairman reportedly caught him dismantling rooftop air conditioning units and taking copper at a Heights-area business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Pedro Mendez Jr. was arrested after the repairman arrived at Northside Accident Injury Chiropractic to investigate damage to the business\u2019 A\/C units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The business said its rooftop A\/C units were damaged Aug. 31, when copper was taken from the units, leaving the business without air conditioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">It took several days for a repairman to arrive to investigate the problem. When he arrived Sept. 2, the alleged thief was still on the roof, according to the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The repairman initially thought the man might be another worker. He soon realized the man was allegedly dismantling the building\u2019s A\/C units and taking copper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Rather than confront the man, the repairman recorded video and returned downstairs to alert the businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Mendez can be seen dismantling the A\/C unit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdJ958zxCae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Police were called, and officers eventually used a ladder to reach the roof and bring Mendez down.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;max-width:1280px;max-height:960px;aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:100%\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/YQS4VGMOWZEVFEWEPOAKX32LFY.jpg\"\/>Houston Police climb ladder to arrest Mendez<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Mendez was arrested and charged with criminal mischief, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The business owner told KPRC 2 the damage and repairs cost tens of thousands of dollars. Several other businesses in the complex also claim to have had a similar issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dcyi4TLRJN4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dcyi4TLRJN4\/\">including Pump and Crunch on Airline Dr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A 49-year-old man was arrested after a repairman reportedly caught him dismantling rooftop air conditioning units&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[131736,142924,294,6879,56,58,57,6563],"class_list":["post-433261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-a-c","tag-a-c-units","tag-crime","tag-criminal-mischief","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-the-heights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}