Teens Plead Not Guilty to South San Francisco Home Break In Charges

By Bay City News Service:

Two men pleaded no contest on Tuesday to charges stemming from a February robbery at a house in South San Francisco, San Mateo County prosecutors said.

Enrique Cruz, 19, pleaded no contest to robbery charges, and Percibal Alberto, 19, entered the plea to a residential burglary charge, according to the district attorney’s office. The pair will return to court on Nov. 6 for sentencing.

Prosecutors said the defendants on Feb. 10 planned the daytime burglary of a residence of a juvenile they knew on Commercial Way.

Prosecutors said Cruz and Alberto entered the residence not knowing the juvenile who lived there and two friends had skipped school and were in a bedroom playing video games.

The defendants rummaged through the residence, forced open a locked door to the bedroom where the three juveniles had hidden and Cruz pulled a knife and demanded property from them, prosecutors said.

The defendants took several items and fled the residence.

Prosecutors said investigators later discovered the stolen items in Cruz’s home.