Responding to a resident's report of a burglar at an Atherton home in the 100 block of Heather Drive, police captured a man on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 5, as he was climbing over a fence behind some bushes in the backyard.

Joshua Hartless, 27, of Redwood City was booked into San Mateo County jail on charges of burglary and prowling, according to a statement from the Atherton Police Department.

The resident called police around 3 p.m. to report that she could see a man already in her sunroom and trying to break into the part of the house where she was located, police said.

While police were en route, the man managed to break into the rear of the house, after which the resident fled to the front yard, according a police recounting of the resident's story.

Arriving at the scene, Atherton police officers Dave Metzger and Brad Mills moved the resident to a safe location, established a perimeter around the house and waited for reinforcements from the Menlo Park Police Department and the county Sheriff's Office, police said.

While waiting, Metzger noticed some bushes rustling in the backyard, checked into it and discovered Hartless climbing over a chain link fence. Hartless complied with the officer's request to come down and was arrested without incident, police said.

— Dave Boyce