A 21-year-old man who fell asleep inside a Kailua home he had broken into yesterday morning was awakened by officers and arrested on suspicion of burglary, police said.

The man, who has no permanent local address, was arrested at 6 a.m. at a Ku'ulei Road address and booked 55 minutes later for first-degree robbery. He was in possession of a camcorder taken from the bedroom where a woman, 60, was asleep, police said.

The man was also arrested for assault stemming from an incident that occurred two hours earlier at a nearby Ka'apuni Drive home.

Police said a man, 60, confronted several men crawling around his backyard at 4 a.m. and was able to capture one of them. While calling 911, the suspect broke free, punched the resident and fled.

The Ku'ulei Road burglary suspect was identified as the man who fled from the Ka'apuni Drive residence.

Reach Rod Ohira at rohira@honoluluadvertiser.com.