BENICIA, Calif. (KRON) — A man was arrested after he was hiding inside a closet of a woman’s home early Sunday morning, the Benicia Police Department announced in a Facebook post. Police said a woman living on the 1300 block of West K Street called officers around 2:45 a.m., reporting that she heard noises from a bedroom.
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When police arrived at the residence, they found the suspect in the closet with a folding knife and duct tape. Police, after a brief struggle, arrested the suspect and later found his car in the area.
The victim was not physically harmed, police said.
The suspect was identified as 41-year-old Timothy Allen Allison. He was booked into Solano County Jail on multiple charges, including first-degree burglary, according to the Benicia Police Department.