Crime & Safety
Home-Surveillance Video Leads To Backyard Prowler Arrest
A Pleasanton homeowner called police after an alert showed an individual lingering at her front door and in her yard.
PLEASANTON, CA — A 28-year-old woman was arrested on drug-related charges Monday after a Pleasanton resident called police to report an unknown person was spotted on surveillance video hanging around the homeowner's front door and entering the side yard, according to authorities.
The Vintage Hills resident, who was not home at the time, forwarded the home-camera footage to officers, said Sgt. Robert Shuffield of the Pleasanton Police Department.
Police responded to the call, logged at 11:45 a.m., and located the female suspect in the backyard, he said.
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The woman, recorded as a transient with no fixed address, was arrested and booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance, Shuffield said. Paramedics were called to check the suspect's physical health before her booking.
No break-in or property damage were reported at the residence.
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