Crime & Safety

2 Teen Burglary Suspects Caught In Nearby Menlo Park

Officers said they found loot stolen from a home stashed in a backyard. The duo may be connected to other area home-break-ins. [Breaking]

MENLO PARK, CA – Two East Palo Alto teens were arrested Thursday afternoon as suspects in at least one burglary in Menlo Park, police said.

Dispatchers received a call at 12:54 p.m. from an alert resident in the 1000 block of Oakland Avenue in Menlo Park.

The resident told dispatchers that two suspicious people were knocking on doors of homes, according to police.

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One time the two teens knocked on the door of a home and quickly left after hearing a barking dog.

The two quickly left the area in a black Chevrolet Tahoe, police said. The resident was able to give police a security camera image of one of the suspects and part of the license plate number of the Tahoe.

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Detectives and police officers responded to the area and found the Tahoe unoccupied in the 1000 block of Del Norte Avenue, according to police.

The officers suspected the two suspects might be in the area burglarizing a home so officers set up a perimeter to keep the suspects from escaping.

Officers saw the two suspects at 2:10 p.m. leaving the backyard of a home in the 1000 block of Tehama Avenue and detained them, police said.

A search of the homes in the 1000 block of Del Norte Avenue revealed that a home had been burglarized.

A search of nearby yards revealed hidden stolen property in several locations. The two teens were taken to juvenile hall and all of the property eventually returned to its owners, according to police.

Officers are looking into whether the teens were involved in other burglaries in the past several weeks in Menlo Park.

Anyone with more information about the burglary has been asked to call the Menlo Park Police Department at (650) 330-6300 or the Police Department's tip line at (650) 330-6395.

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