Menlo Park police arrested a 15-year-old boy on Feb. 12 on suspicion of burglarizing a home in the Willows neighborhood.
The arrest came after a string of six daytime burglaries in the area, where one or more intruders broke into homes by force or through unlocked doors and stole electronic equipment, according to police reports.
The teen was arrested in connection to a burglary where residents arrived home to find a “young Hispanic male in his teens” in their home, according to a press statement issued by Sgt. Jim Simpson. “
On Feb. 12, officers saw a “young Hispanic male who appeared to be prowling in the neighborhood,” said Sgt. Simpson. Further investigation resulted in the teen being arrested in connection with the burglary interrupted by the residents, he said.
The suspect was booked into Juvenile Hall.
Police ask that anyone with information about the burglaries in the Willows neighborhood to call the police department at 330-6300.
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