Rooftop Prowler Busted In Palo Alto: Police

PALO ALTO, CA – A man reportedly prowling on a rooftop in Palo Alto was arrested Monday after a chase that involved local police agencies, according to authorities.

The suspect, later identified as Mark John Harmon, 50, a Los Gatos resident and wanted felon, allegedly was spotted by a resident at about 5:30 a.m. walking on a neighbor's garage roof on the 500 block of Oxford Avenue, the Palo Alto Police Department said.

Arriving officers saw the man and ordered him to come down, but instead he jumped down from the rooftop on the opposite side of where police were and disappeared over a fence, the department said.

Palo Alto officers, with assistance from the Stanford Department of Public Safety and a police dog from the Mountain View Police Department, searched the area, and shortly before 6 a.m., the K-9 officer located the Harmon hiding in bushes on the 500 block of Oxford, police said.

Harmon was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for alleged prowling and resisting arrest. He also had two outstanding felony warrants for his arrest out of San Jose, one for attempted burglary and one for auto theft, police said, adding that there was no evidence he attempted break-ins in the Palo Alto incident.

Anyone with information about the case or suspect can call Palo Alto PD's 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through a free mobile app, downloadable at www.bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or www.bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay.

• ALSO SEE: Gilroy, SJ Soccer Coach Arrested For Alleged Sex Assault Of Minor

--Image via Palo Alto PD