Burglary suspect arrested after hours-long standoff at Graham shopping center
(Credit: Pierce County Sheriff's Department)
GRAHAM, Wash. - A burglary suspect is now in custody after an hours-long standoff at a Graham shopping complex Thursday morning.
The incident happened near 224th Street East and Meridian.
At about 6:45 a.m., deputies responded after a smoke shop owner reported seeing the suspect on his surveillance cameras.
When deputies arrived, the suspect was in one of the businesses and wouldn’t come out.
After a few hours, deputies located the suspect, who was hiding in the rafters inside the business. They had to use ladders to get him down.
The suspect, a 33-year-old man, was arrested and will be booked in the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of commercial burglary, resisting arrest and malicious mischief.
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