According to police, the suspect, identified as Usasveus Austin, was trying to break into the safe at the Chick-fil-A in the 6800 block of West Sam Houston Parkway.
Police said he used a circular saw to smash out a window from the front of the restaurant and was talking on the phone during the break in.
Newly released surveillance video of Chick-Fil-A burglary
Witnesses called police and told officers that they saw him run out of the building around 3 a.m.
When police arrived at the restaurant, they told him to stop. Instead, the suspect ran off into a field, jumped into a retention pond at Arthur Storey Park and hid on the island.
The Houston police dive team used a small boat to reach the island and arrested the suspect around 6:30 a.m. Officers say they used a K9 officer to find the suspect on the island because he had covered himself in mud and brush.
Police said the man had an open warrant for another burglary.
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