Crime & Safety
Pleasant Hill Man Arrested After Fighting With Residents During Home-Invasion Robbery: Police
The 23-year-old reportedly broke into the house through a window while residents were sleeping.
PLEASANT HILL, CA - Police in Pleasant Hill arrested a suspect in connection with a Thursday home invasion robbery.
Vaitau Taito, 23, of Pleasant Hill, was arrested on suspicion of home invasion robbery and first-degree burglary.
On Thursday at 12:30 a.m., officers with the Pleasant Hill Police Department responded to a 911 call about an intruder inside a home on Rockridge Drive.
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Police said the suspect, later identified as Taito, entered the home through a window while the residents slept.
The residents woke up, confronted the intruder and a fight ensued, police said.
The suspect fled the residence after a short struggle.
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Investigators located several items of evidence at the residence including a cellphone left inside the house by the suspect.
Investigators identified Taito as the suspect, and he was located at his home in Pleasant Hill at 5:10 p.m. Thursday. He was taken into custody without incident.
Police said they determined Taito was involved in another residential burglary that occurred the same night at a residence on Westover Lane.
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