By Don Sweeney
The Charlotte Observer
CAMPBELL, Calif. — A makeshift hideout in a porta-potty couldn’t save an accused burglar from arrest, California police reported.
Officers responding to a burglary reported at a storage facility spotted a 47-year-old man jump off one of the roofs around 1:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, Campbell police said in a news release.
Despite being ordered to stop, the man ran away and officers found three backpacks containing knives and burglary tools on the roof, police said. A section of the roof had been cut open.
Deputies and officers established a perimeter and searched for the man, police said.
Officers found the man hiding inside a nearby porta-potty, where he was arrested without incident, police said.
He faces charges including burglary, resisting arrest, possessing burglary tools and possession of pepper spray, a taser and concealed dirk/dagger as a felon, police said.
Campbell is about a 50-mile drive southeast from San Francisco.
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