Crime & Safety

Oakland Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Prowling

Breaking: Milpitas Police responded to a call that a stranger was sitting on their backyard patio furniture.

MILPITAS, CA — Police in Milpitas last week arrested 29-year-old Oakland man Zachary Bowin on suspicion of prowling. Officers with the Milpitas Police Department responded April 22 at 2:42 a.m. to a residence on Folsom Circle on a report of a stranger sitting on the patio furniture in the backyard.

Officers located the man coming out of the side gate of the residence, police said. Police said he initially gave officers a false name when he was arrested, but police were able to identify him as Bowin after he was fingerprinted at the Santa Clara County main jail.

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