By SALINA POST
Salina Police Department (SPD) Officers arrested a man after a rooftop break-in on Thursday, September 5 in Salina.
SPD Officers responded to a home on North Second Street at 5:36 p.m. after a Salina homeowner reported hearing strange noises coming from his roof.
When he went outside to investigate, he found a man, later identified as 32-year-old Ricardo Adolfo Lopez Garcia, attempting to break in through the second-floor vents.
Garcia gained access to the second story using the homeowner’s ladder.
“We show up and we're telling the guy ‘Get down off the roof,’” SPD. Cpt. David Villanueva said. “The resident has no idea who this guy is. He had never seen him before.”
Garcia failed to comply with officers and began ripping at the home’s exterior vents, and some siding.
“The officers say to the homeowner, ‘Can we go get him? The resident says, ‘Yes, of course, go get him,’” Villanueva said. “One officer went in there tried to get this guy into custody. He started to fight the officer.”
A second officer entered the residence.
“He struck one of the officers in the leg and head butted another," Villanueva said.
Police eventually restrained Garcia using a body wrap.
The house sustained approximately $2,500 worth of damage, including damage to the siding and a satellite dish.
Garcia was taken to the hospital for evaluation, where he allegedly made threatening comments to staff, leading to additional charges of disorderly conduct.
In total, he faces charges of aggravated burglary, battery of law enforcement officers, criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct.
Villanueva said neither officer required medical services.