[giotto]

He was not there when she got there, the writer was just being funny.

How do you get that from the article? This is what it says:

"While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit 'to avoid a confrontation,' authorities said."

First of all, humor would be out of place in a news story like this. Secondly, there is no hint of humor in the comment.

[editor-surveyor]

Read the whole story, and it reveals that he didn’t know she was there.