Mobile PD says a burglary suspect fled arrest into a ceiling, before eventually being caught.

According to Mobile Police, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at around 1:00 p.m., officers attempted to apprehend a robbery suspect with multiple felony warrants at the 200 block of Lawrence Street.

The suspect refused to comply with their commands, resisted arrest, and managed to flee into the ceiling through a hole he created in a hallway bathroom.

Officers were able to apprehend him in an adjacent apartment room. Jeffrey Brooks, 62, and transported him to Metro Jail on chargesof Burglary, Attempt to Elude, Criminal Mischief, Failure to Obey, and Resisting Arrest, and an outstanding warrant.