Man uses sledgehammer to break into store

HOUSTON – One man is in custody after he used a sledgehammer to break into a convenience store in southwest Houston.

Police say early Thursday morning officers responded to an alarm at the Metro Food #2 store off south Gessner and Braeswood.

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When they arrived, officers found a huge hole in one of the walls and the burglar still inside.

Officers say he tried to run off, but they caught up with him a few minutes later and he was arrested.


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