DATE: Tuesday, April 22, 1997               TAG: 9704210143

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: NEWS OF THE WEIRD

SOURCE: Angelita Plemmer

DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

BED MAKES BAD COVER FOR BURGLAR

When police responded last month to an emergency call of a burglary in progress, they were hoping to catch the culprit in the act.

When police arrived at the home in the 200 block of Portsmouth Blvd., they figured the would-be burglar would pick a covert hiding place.

Larry Donell Walton did. He hid under a bed.

And he might have escaped police detection except for one thing: His feet were sticking out.

Walton, 28, of the 100 block of Dale Drive, was arrested and charged with burglary and attempted grand larceny. KEYWORDS: ROBBERIES ARREST

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