Break-in suspect in northern Ontario tried to flee by crawling through ceiling, falls into the hands of police
A suspect in a Temiskaming Shores break-in learned the hard way this week that walking on ceiling tiles is a bad way to try and escape police.
Ontario Provincial Police were called around 2 a.m. on July 29 about a break and enter in progress at a Main Street business.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that a perpetrator broke into a business and was still inside," police said in a news release Thursday.
"The individual attempted to flee the scene by crawling into the ceiling. A short time after, the accused fell through the tiles and was immediately arrested by police."
A search of the 36-year-old suspect also yielded illegal drugs, police said.
"The accused was transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure," the release said.
The accused is now charged with break and enter, mischief, failing to comply with a probation order, theft and drug trafficking. The suspect was held for a bail hearing and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date in the City of Temiskaming Shores.
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