Police Seek Suspect In Overnight Burglaries In Pleasanton

PLEASANTON, CA — Police are looking for a man in connection to a series of thefts that occurred in Pleasanton on Friday night, including an attempted car theft.

A man who lives on Via Di Salerno inside the Ruby Hill gated community was awoken around 5:45 a.m. Saturday to the sound of his own car being started in front of his home, police said. The man went outside, saw his car being backed out of the driveway, got in another car and followed the stolen car.

The driver of the stolen car crashed into a pole near the community's main gate, and the suspect and victim "engaged in a brief physical altercation" before the suspect fled, police said.

A search was conducted by officers from the Pleasanton and Livermore police departments, as well as an Alameda County Sheriff's Office drone team, but the suspect couldn't be found. Police did find mail stolen from five other Ruby Hill residents, and discovered another overnight vehicle burglary that police believe was committed by the same suspect.

Police describe the suspect as a white man between 20 and 30 years old, about 180 pounds, last seen wearing a dark hoodie. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call Pleasanton police at 925-931-5100.