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Police catch 2 people cutting hole in roof of Houston meat market

Authorities in Houston stopped two people who were cutting a hole in the roof of a Houston meat market.
Authorities in Houston stopped two people who were cutting a hole in the roof of a Houston meat market.
By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Sept 30, 2019

Authorities apprehended two people who were allegedly cutting a hole in the roof of a Houston meat market early Monday, police said.

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Deputy constables and Houston police officers responded to a La Michoacana at 2:15 a.m. in east Houston, the television station reported.

The suspects were found on the roof, KHOU reported. Authorities said one suspect jumped off the roof and into a dumpster, while the other climbed down a ladder, the television station reported.

Both were apprehended by police.

Authorities asked the Houston Fire Department to bring a ladder truck so police could climb onto the roof and determine if there were any other suspects, KHOU reported.

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