Crime & Safety
Sex Offender Breaks Into Home Days After Being Released: Police
Samuel Salas, is a 36-year-old registered sex offender, who is a transient from San Diego, according to the El Cajon Police Department.
EL CAJON, CA — A registered sex offender broke into a woman's East County home days after being released from jail, authorities said Tuesday.
The parolee entered the woman's apartment around 10:20 a.m. Monday in the 500 block of South Magnolia in El Cajon, according to the El Cajon Police Department. The man grabbed a purse before the woman confronted him. Her daughter called police as he fled their home.
"Officers found the suspect a short distance away," the department said in a news release. "The man had keys from the management office when the officers arrested him."
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The man was identified as Samuel Salas, a 36-year-old registered sex offender on parole, who is a transient from San Diego, according to the department.
Salas has a "lengthy arrest history," police said. El Cajon police arrested him in December 2023 for failing to comply with his parole conditions.
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He was released from custody on Feb. 22 "despite his lengthy arrest history and his continued failure to comply with parole conditions," the department said.
Salas was booked into San Diego Central Jail Monday on suspicion of burglary, possessing a controlled substance, and violating his parole, according to jail records.
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