A Baltimore man trying to shake a shoplifting rap ended up pulled from a ceiling crawl space in a fire-damaged vacant house after officers resorted to pepper spray, according to police and court records. The tense and strangely cinematic arrest unfolded Monday in East Baltimore and is laid out in recently filed charging documents.
Officers were on the lookout for 29-year-old Justin Lewis after a worker at the Dollar General in the 2500 block of Greenmount Avenue reported catching him in the act, police say. When confronted by an officer, Lewis was ordered to empty his clothing. Court records say he produced three bottles of Lysol from his pants and dropped a case of soap. Asked for his name, Lewis instead took off running and was later spotted climbing through a…..