Suspected California ‘Office Creeper’ Burglar Arrested

Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect believed to have entered downtown office buildings posing as a security guard to steal laptop computers and other items.

Police say they arrested 57-year-old Otis Anthony Deaver about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday at a downtown bank building.

Deaver is suspected in multiple office burglaries that have occurred over the past two months.

Police dubbed the burglar the “office creeper” because he donned a black security guard’s jacket so he could creep about offices unchallenged during regular working hours, looking for unattended belongings.

Lt. Paul Vernon described Deaver as a “career burglar who likes to steal laptops right off of desks.”

Police released a surveillance videotape of the “office creeper.”