ANTIOCH — A suspected burglar was arrested at gunpoint Monday night after a 4-year-old girl told police he was hiding in her bedroom closet, just minutes after she was coaxed out of the house to safety.

DeMario Lopez, a 21-year-old transient, was found by police after a report of a break-in at the home in the 4900 block of Ridgeview Drive, where the girl lives with her mother and infant sibling, police Sgt. Tom Fuhrmann said.

Officers were dispatched to the house at 7:44 p.m., after the mother called 911 to report an intruder breaking into her home through a sliding door, Fuhrmann said.

The 55-year-old woman told police she became frightened and ran out the front door holding her baby.

When officers arrived at 7:52 p.m., the mother told them her 4-year-old daughter was still inside the home.

Officers entered, saw the girl standing at the top of the stairs and told her walk down to them. The girl first pointed toward her bedroom, then made her way down the stairs.

She was led to her mother outside and told police that a man was hiding in her bedroom closet.

With guns drawn, officers entered the bedroom and found the suspect inside the closet.

A brief struggle ensued, but the suspect was eventually handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest, Fuhrmann said.

Lopez was taken to jail, and neither the girl, her mother nor her sibling was injured.

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