Up on the Rooftop: Suspect Arrested After Jumping from Atop Ken's Market

Someone other than Santa Claus was lurking around on the roof of Thursday morning.

Ferndale Police received a call about 1 a.m. from a resident on the 500 block of Farmdale of a possible breaking and entering. While speaking with the resident, who said he had heard breaking glass and a yard gate opening in the area, an officer heard the sound of someone moving on the roof of Ken's Market, located at 504 Livernois, Ferndale Lt. Detective William Wilson said.

The officer saw a man, wearing dark clothes, climbing down from the roof. He was ordered to stop but the suspect got back on the roof and ran toward the front of the building, jumping off, Wilson said.

"The other officer saw him run from the building and caught him on the 300 block of Livernois," Wilson said.

He added the officers investigating the scene found an aluminum expandable ladder, a large black duffel bag, an LED headlamp and a yellow pry bar, Wilson said.

"Broken open in the roof was an approximate 2-foot-by-4-foot opening cut which would have allowed access to the business below," Wilson said.

Wilson added that the case is currently being submitted to the Oakland County Prosecutor's office for warrant requests.