By Associated Press - Thursday, April 3, 2014

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Reno police say officers arrested a suspect in a string of commercial burglaries after he was seen on the roof of a Chinese restaurant.

The man was spotted before dawn Wednesday as he was trying to get into the restaurant from a vent on the roof.

Police say he admitted to a recent rash of commercial burglaries in the Reno area since early March.



Thirty-seven-year-old Carlos Mata-Rodriguez faces 19 counts of burglary, as well as charges of attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools.

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