Watchful Neighbors Report Burglary, 3 Arrested

FREMONT, CA — Fremont police are praising the actions of alert residents who saw something suspicious and called police immediately. A quick response by police after the calls resulted in the arrest of three people accused of burglarizing a home on Monday. Under arrest are 24-year-old Robert Jackson of Stockton, 29-year-old Allen Taylor of Oakland, and a 17-year-old juvenile whose name and city of residence were not released.

Police received the first call at 10:20 a.m. Monday from a resident who had just watched a person wearing a red hooded sweatshirt climbing over a neighbor's fence in the 5200 block of Eggers Drive, a neighborhood of neatly maintained, single story homes. The caller also said that there was a dark colored vehicle in front of the house and they knew their neighbor wasn’t home at the time, police said. Multiple officers were immediately dispatched to the call.

The first arriving officers found a dark blue colored Audi sedan with no front plate parked in front of the home. "As officers began to approach," police said in a release, "they could see two people inside the vehicle. The Audi slowly began to drive away and officers ordered the vehicle to stop. A high risk traffic stop was conducted and two adult male occupants were taken into custody."

While the arrests were taking place, a community member pulled up and told officers that a man was spotted running west of Farwell Drive. That's when the phones lit up at the police department dispatch center. Local residents kept police informed of where the suspect was running and hopping fences.

Officers set up a perimeter and expanded the search area, eventually finding the suspect on the roof of a home in the 5000 block of Brophy Drive. He was arrested without incident.

Captain Fred Bobbitt said, “We are extremely appreciative of our alert community members who assisted in the arrest of these prolific offenders. This is a perfect example of neighbors looking out for one another and identifying unusual activity in their neighborhood. The quick action and multiple callers helped to successfully apprehend these suspects before they could cause more harm to our community.”

During the search, a shelter-in-place was put into place at Mattos Elementary School.

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