A burglary suspect put a lot of effort into getting inside a locked convenience store in Southern California.
Police say he tunneled his way in. And it didn’t even pay off–he was arrested before he made it outside.
An early morning burglar was caught in the act in a La Verne convenience store.
The surveillance video from inside the Inland Dairy Store on the corner of White Avenue and First Street shows a masked man running from police, knocking over snacks before crawling in between two refrigerators full of cold drinks.
Officers from the La Verne Police Department responded to the location just after 4:00 a.m. last Friday when the alarm went off.
They looked around the store and noticed a hole inside one of the walls and wood chips on the ground. That’s when they realized the burglar tunneled his way inside.
The officers were able to surround the store and take the man into custody.
An employee who did not want to show his face on camera says he was called to the store by the alarm company.
“When they arrest him, he like covered his face with white gloves, so I don’t see his face at that time,” the employee said. “But yeah, it’s very strange.”
Outside officers recovered stolen property and burglary tools.
The suspect has been identified as Rudy Mindiola.
He has been released on a $20,000 bond.
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