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Posted: 11:31 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 2012

K-9 finds teen thief hiding inside ceiling

Vicente Miguel Ortiz
El Paso Police Department
Vicente Miguel Ortiz

By El Paso Police Department

EL PASO, Texas —

A medical office in El Paso lower valley was burglarized by a teen. With the help of a police dog, the burglar was found hiding inside the building's ceiling, police said.

On Monday around 1 a.m., a security guard noticed that a window at the Y.I.S.D. Comprehensive Care Center had been pried open.

Y.I.S.D. Comprehensive Care Center at 300 Vocational offers medical and dental services to all students who are enrolled in the Ysleta Independent School District:

Police said they were called to help investigate.

Vicente Miguel Ortiz, 17, was placed under arrest and charged with burglary of a building after a police dog discovered where he was hiding, police said.

Ortiz had several stolen items that belonged to YISD in his possession.

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