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PROVO — A man was arrested after neighbors reported hearing him yell from the roof of a shed Tuesday morning.
Police received reports of a theft near 1000 E. 200 North around 2:40 a.m. A 56-year-old woman told police she had woken up to the sound of her dog growling so she grabbed her cellphone to call 911. When the woman walked out of her bedroom, she encountered a man standing in her hallway. The man grabbed the cellphone from the woman. The victim pulled his hair and ran out the front door, according to Provo police Lt. Matt Siufanua.
Siufanua said the robber ran out the back door of the house and fled the scene with the cellphone. Officers said they received a call at 5:18 a.m. from an individual in the area reporting that a man was on the roof of their neighbor's shed. The individual told police the man was yelling, "I just want to say I'm sorry." When police arrived on the scene at 500 E. 100 North, they discovered Adrian Lopez, 21, on the roof of a shed.
Siufanua said the neighbor had seen Lopez "hanging around" in the area for a long period Monday and that Lopez was under the influence during the time of the arrest. Lopez was arrested without incident and booked into the Utah County Jail on suspicion of burglary, theft and interference of communication devices.
