Burglary suspect found after 4-year-old leads police to him 
 
 A burglary suspect was arrested in Antioch after he allegedly broke into an occupied home and tried to hide when police arrived, only to be pointed out by the young girl whose closet he was hiding in, officials said Tuesday. 
 
 Officers responded to reports of a burglary in progress on the 4900 block of Ridgeview Drive around 7:45 p.m. Monday. The caller told police she had been at home holding her baby, her second child, when she saw a man enter the house through an unlocked door. 
 
 The woman fled the home — baby in tow — but realized she had left her 4-year-old girl, in the house, police said. 
 
 Police searched the house and found the young girl at the top of the stairs, police said, but no sign of the intruder. The girl went outside and told her mom that the guy was hiding in her closet, police said. 
 
 The woman relayed that information to police who found the man, later identified as Demaria Lopez, a 21-year-old transient, exactly where the girl said he was, police said. 
 
 Officers briefly struggled with Lopez when he failed to comply with their commands, police said. But he was eventually taken into custody without injury and transported to the Martinez Detention Facility where he was booked on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest. 
 
 Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale ||||| By Acting Lieutenant Tom Fuhrmann, Antioch Police Investigations 
 
 
 
 On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Antioch Police Officers responded to the 4900 block of Ridgeview Drive on the report of a burglary in progress. The homeowner advised she was in the home holding her baby when she saw an intruder enter her home through an unlocked door. 
 
 She fled out of the front of the house with her baby. Upon fleeing she had left her four-year-old daughter behind in the house. Officers arrived, conducted an interior check of the residence and located the four-year-old at the top of the stairs. The child was directed to go outside to her mother as officers continued to check inside. The four-year-old daughter told her mother, who then alerted the officers that the intruder was hiding in the little girl’s bedroom closet. Upon checking the little girls bedroom, they located 21-year-old Antioch transient male, Demaria Lopez hiding in the closet. 
 
 Lopez would not comply with commands. A brief struggle ensued and Lopez was taken into custody without further incident. Lopez was transported and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on charges of burglary and resisting arrest. There were no injuries to any involved. 
 
 Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Det. McManus with the Antioch Police Department at (925)779-6940. You may also text a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using key word ANTIOCH. 
 
 
 
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– What should this 4-year-old be when she grows up? Our suggestion: police officer. The San Francisco Chronicle has the initially frightening story of woman who ran from her Antioch, Calif., home after seeing a man come inside through an unlocked door. She had her baby in her arms—but had left the 4-year-old inside. Police arrived and found the girl unharmed, but they were unable to locate the reported intruder ... until the child told her mother exactly where he was. Police did indeed find the man hiding inside the girl's closet, as the child had said. Following a short struggle, 21-year-old Demaria Lopez was arrested, the Antioch Herald reports. He faces charges of attempted burglary and resisting arrest.