Boys, 15 and 16, Caught Red-Handed Burglarizing Peninsula Home: Police

MENLO PARK, CA — Two teen boys were caught this week at the scene of a local burglary wearing masks and carrying stolen items, police say.

It happened around 1:57 p.m. Tuesday, when an alert resident of the Willow's neighborhood in Menlo Park spotted a suspicious person walking around the area, according to the Menlo Park Police Department. The person was then seen climbing over a fence of a residence in the 400 block of Central Avenue.

"Menlo Park Police officers arrived within seconds and observed a second subject entering the residence through a side window," police said in a news release.

With the help of a San Mateo County sheriff's deputy, a California Highway Patrol officer and two K9's, officials established a perimeter around the home.

"An announcement was made to the subjects inside the residence, and a short time later the two exited with masks and gloves on," police said. "They were detained without incident and found to have stolen property in their possession from the residence."

No one was home during the burglary. All of the stolen items were recovered, police said.

The two male suspects, one 16 years old and the other 15 years old, are both from East Palo Alto. They were booked into the Hillcrest Juvenile Hall on suspicion of possessing stolen property, burglary and conspiracy, police said.

— Bay City News Service contributed to this report / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone