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Mountain View police arrested a 34-year-old man over the weekend after he was allegedly found hanging out in the ceiling of a vacant building in Mountain View.

Police received reports from a security guard that the suspect had entered a vacant commercial building on the 2200 block of West El Camino Real just after 3 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27. Police say that when they arrived in the building, they found the man hiding inside the ceiling. Officers believe that the man had used a built-in shelf inside the building to climb up into the ceiling, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson.

Police arrested the man, identified as Victor Gonzalez, on charges of burglary and possession of methamphetamine.

Kevin Forestieri is the editor of Mountain View Voice, joining the company in 2014. Kevin has covered local and regional stories on housing, education and health care, including extensive coverage of Santa...

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  1. Burglary? What is there to steal in a “vacant” building? And not charged with trespassing, or some other variant (e.g. illegal entry, breaking and entering, vandalism, etc..)?

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