A wanted man tried to hide from El Dorado County sheriff's deputies on the roof of a home while his girlfriend used her pit bull to keep deputies at bay early Sunday morning.
Ryan Walker, 38, was wanted for a vehicle theft and armed robbery that happened in July, a felony vehicle pursuit with deputies last Monday and other crimes, Lt. Tom Murdoch said.
When deputies arrived at the home around 3 a.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of Montero Road in Cameron Park, they stopped Walker's girlfriend as she was leaving. As deputies talked to the woman, her pit bull went after them. Murdoch said the woman used the pit bull to keep deputies away. When other deputies arrived at the home, they were able to detain the pit bull and the girlfriend.
After deputies safely put the girlfriend and pit bull in a patrol car, deputies saw a man on the roof of the home, trying to hide behind the chimney. Murdoch said the person was identified as Walker, who ran across the roof looking for a way to escape. Walker then started tearing off a roof vent so he could get back into the house.
Deputies waited about 10 minutes to let Walker calm down before they found a ladder and talked him down from the roof.
Murdoch said Walker was booked into El Dorado County Jail for two counts of vehicle theft, armed robbery, felony pursuit, burglary and obstructing and resisting arrest. He is being held without bail.
Walker's girlfriend was arrested for obstructing a peace officer and then released with a citation, Murdoch said.
