One more crime report to publish before the night is out. We obtained the police-report narrative for one more commercial burglary, this one resulting in arrest.
It happened just after 4 am Tuesday morning. The report redacts the business name but refers to a “restaurant” in the 4200 block of SW Morgan, and Ezell’s is the only business matching that description. Police were called after witnesses heard glass break and saw a naked man enter the restaurant, followed by a “cloud of yellow smoke inside.”
Officers found a shattered front window, a “very large rock” on the ground next to the window, and blood droplets all around, including some inside the restaurant. They learned that a delivery driver reported seeing a man use the rock to break the window, climb through it and grab a fire extinguisher, then spraying it around the seating area, staying inside for about five minutes before leaving, walking westbound on Fauntleroy Way, with the fire extinguisher still in hand. Around 5 am, police got a call about a man matching the burglar’s description – including the lack of clothing – sitting at an apartment complex not too far away, appearing to be in crisis, clutching a “fist-sized” rock. Officers tried to get him to put down the rock; he didn’t, and would not respond to their verbal commands, the report narrative says. Eventually he got up, pulled the building fire alarm, began approaching the officers, and one of them fired a 40mm projectile at him, knocking him down. He was taken into custody and transported to a hospital; he was identified through a debit card found near him as a 27-year-old Delridge resident. He remains in jail this morning in lieu of $10,500 bail; the jail docket says he spent three days there earlier this month related to accusations of resisting arrest and unlawful transit conduct.
