"At 1:44 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the 20400 block of West Germain Street, a residential neighborhood that's adjacent to Mason Park, after receiving a call of a possible wire theft in progress. The alleged thieves were targeting an underground vault owned by AT&T through a manhole, ABC7 News reported. The Times did not receive a comment from the telecommunications company before publication. Manholes can provide access to underground electric utility and telecommunications cables and wires."
"When officers arrived, they detained one suspect immediately, but the second suspect was inside the manhole and refused to come out, barricading himself, said Officer Tony Im, a spokesperson for the Police Department. Im did not clarify how - or with what - the suspect barricaded himself. The official response grew as the Los Angeles Fire Department was called in to assist."
An attempted theft of copper wire in Chatsworth prompted a law enforcement response when a suspect hid inside a manhole and refused to emerge for nearly four hours. Officers detained a second suspect after responding to a 1:44 a.m. call on West Germain Street near Mason Park. The alleged thieves targeted an underground AT&T vault accessed via the manhole. The Los Angeles Fire Department stood by in case of medical issues while police deployed a K9 and later tear gas to extract the barricaded suspect, who surrendered and was arrested. An AT&T team later began its own investigation. It is unclear whether any copper wire was taken.
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