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Burglar Fell To His Death From SF's Telegraph Hill

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Sep 11, 2008 6:23 pm US/Pacific

Burglar Fell To His Death From SF's Telegraph Hill

 CBS 5 CrimeWatch

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― A car burglary suspect plunged 200 feet to his death early Thursday after he jumped over a wall on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill while trying to flee from police, authorities said.

Police received a report about 12:30 a.m. that someone was breaking into cars on a city block near Coit Tower.

Responding officers attempted to arrest 38-year-old James Cockrum of Daly City after they saw him getting out of a a four-door Audi car on Alta Street.

But the suspect ran east on Alta and jumped over a wall that stands atop a hill to the west of Sansome Street — apparently without realizing there was a steep drop, said Sgt. Neville Gittens.

Cockrum was pronounced dead at the scene after he fell about 200 feet.

Cockrum was a suspect in two car burglaries; officers said they had also discovered a Subaru station wagon that was broken into on Alta Street.

(© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Associated Press and Bay City News contributed to this report.)

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