CARLSBAD – The search for a suspected drunken driver Friday night ended when he crashed, naked, through the ceiling from an attic along with a police dog sent there to flush him out, authorities said.
The man, 48, was arrested and taken to a hospital for a cut to his head, Carlsbad police Lt. Howard Carpenter said.
A man had called police about 7:45 p.m. to report a reckless, possibly drunken driver in a Porsche who hit a car while leaving the Domino's Pizza lot on El Camino Real. An officer spotted the Porsche two blocks away, Carpenter said.
He said the officer pulled over the driver, got out of his patrol car and watched as the Porsche sped away. The officer pursued him, catching up in time to see a garage door on Lotus Court close over a Porsche.
Officers called into the house, then entered through an unlocked door and searched but couldn't find anyone, Carpenter said.
They finally shoved a police dog through an access door into the attic above the master bedroom. Minutes later, a naked man and the dog fell through the drywall ceiling into the bathroom. Carpenter said the dog suffered a slight scrape on its belly.
Carpenter couldn't account for why the man took off his clothes. He faces charges of drunken driving, evading and resisting arrest.
– Pauline Repard