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On September 30th, Gabriel Llamalt Hideo was arrested after hiding and breaking tiles in the ceiling of a Macy's store in Vancouver, Washington. Police footage shows him crawling through the ceiling for over an hour before crashing through it onto a mattress set up by authorities. Hideo was charged with first-degree malicious mischief, first-degree burglary, and a felony warrant; his bail is set at $15,000 each for these charges.
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same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30th, Gabriel Llamalt Hideo was arrested by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) after being found hiding inside the ceiling of a Macy's store in Vancouver, Washington. Footage showed Hideo breaking tiles and crawling around for over an hour before officers placed a ladder through an open hole to catch him if he fell. After climbing back up into the ceiling to escape arrest, officers pulled away the ladder, causing Hideo to crash down onto a mattress positioned on the floor by police. He was charged with first-degree malicious mischief, first-degree burglary, and a felony warrant.
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A man was found hiding inside the ceiling of a mall department store as police footage captured the scary moment he crashed to the floor.
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Gabriel Llamalt Hideo was arrested on September 30th after Vancouver Police Department (VPD) found him crawling inside the ceiling and breaking tiles of a Macy's mall store in Vancouver, Washington.
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According to authorities, Hideo was charged with first-degree malicious mischief, first-degree burglary and a felony warrant.
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'Dispatch was contacted at approximately 4pm,' Kim Kapp, the VPD Public Affairs Manager told the Daily Mail in a statement.
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According to the reports an employee was alerted shortly before that by other employees that someone was in the ceiling of the store and multiple ceiling tiles were being broken near the home department of the store.
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The bizarre body cam footage revealed the moment officials placed a ladder through the open hole in the tile and a mattress underneath for a safe landing in case Hideo unexpectedly fell.
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Police and firefighters evacuated the second floor of the store for customers' safety.
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Hideo allegedly crawled around for over an hour while authorities commanded him to come down before he eventually climbed on the ladder.
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Gabriel Llamalt Hideo was arrested on September 30th after Vancouver Police Department (VPD) found him crawling inside the ceiling and breaking tiles of a Macy's mall store
As seen in the footage, Hideo attempted to escape arrest by climbing back up into the ceiling before officers pulled the ladder away.
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Hideo then crashed onto the mattress below
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Officers gave him multiple commands to come down, but he kept moving through the ceiling, breaking more tiles and damaging lights, wiring and other fixtures,' VPD wrote in their statement.
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As seen in the footage, Hideo attempted to escape arrest by climbing back up into the ceiling before officers pulled the ladder away.
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Hideo then crashed onto the mattress below.
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'He landed on the mattress, got up and tried to run.
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That didn’t work out so well,' VPD wrote in a statement.
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Hideo was immediately tackled by multiple police officers and thrashed around before being put into handcuffs.
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Authorities restrained him on a stretcher bed, and he was taken into custody.
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The man was booked into Clark County Jail on October 1.
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According to Clark County Jail records viewed by the Daily Mail, Hideo has been held for bail at $15,000 each for his malicious mischief and burglary charges.
Hideo was immediately tackled by multiple police officers and thrashed around before being put into handcuffs.
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Authorities restrained him on stretcher bed, and he was taken into custody
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According to authorities, Hideo was charged with first-degree malicious mischief, first-degree burglary and a felony warrant
VPD officials did not confirm the length of time Hideo spent inside the store ceiling before being found.
Kapp said in a statement that the store has not yet assessed an estimate for the damage caused by the incident.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Tony Golik, the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney for comments on behalf of Hideo and the Vancouver Police Department for additional details.
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