Trio Nabbed In Peninsula $1,000+ CVS Burglary: Sheriff's Office

SAN CARLOS, CA — Three San Francisco men were arrested over the weekend after they stole more than than $1,000 worth of merchandise from a local CVS store, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said on Monday.

The trio are accused of hitting up the pharmacy on San Carlos Avenue in San Carlos around 5 p.m. Sunday. Officials say they got word of a "shoplifting in progress" so they headed out to the store.

"Deputies arrived on scene and located one suspect, Quetzal Nevarezrodriguez," sheriff's Det. Rosemerry Blankswade said in a news release. "The other two suspects, Jose Molina and Michael Carmona, were quickly located and apprehended while driving away from the scene."

Blankswade said deputies searched the three men and found two of them — Nevarezrodriguez and Carmona — with more than $1,000 worth of stolen CVS Pharmacy merchandise as well as drug paraphernalia. Those two, ages 20 and 19 respectively, were booked into the county jail on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of a controlled substance.

Molina, 23, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of marijuana while driving, according to Blankswade.

Anyone with additional information in the case was asked to call the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Anonymous Witness Line at 1-800-547-2700.

— Sheriff's booking photos show: Michael Carmona, left; Jose Molina, center; Quetzal Nevarezrodriguez, right.