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Burglars hit, or tried to hit, five businesses in downtown Menlo Park on Tuesday, Aug. 15, and stole cash, checks, a sweater and some frozen food, according to the Menlo Park Police Department.

Three of the five incidents were unsuccessful, leaving behind doors bearing pry marks, police said.

The incidents were reported on the same day and occurred in proximity to each other, so the working assumption is that they are the work of the same person or people, department spokeswoman Nicole Acker said.

From a Farmers Insurance office on Oak Grove Avenue, someone stole checks, $16 in cash and a sweater, police said. It’s not clear how the burglar entered the office.

From the Octopus Japanese Restaurant on El Camino Real, a thief or thieves threw a rock through the restaurant’s glass door, entered and pried open the cash register, and stole between $400 and $500 in cash, police said. Also stolen: frozen steak and chicken valued at $500, police said.

Police were told of pry marks on the doors of Shypulski & Associates hair salon on Chestnut Street, Nooria’s Electrolysis and Permanent Makeup on Oak Grove Avenue, and Kerwin + Associates real estate in the 200 block of El Camino Real.

Another Aug. 15 burglary in Menlo Park, this one of a vehicle parked at an apartment complex on Sharon Park Drive, resulted in the theft of a wallet and Bluetooth headphones. The thief used a tree branch to pry open a window, police said. The estimated loss was $600.

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By Dave Boyce

By Dave Boyce

By Dave Boyce

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9 Comments

  1. Not to distract from the news, which is that of the burglaries, but Shypulski’s is actually a hair salon and I believe the real estate office is spelled “Kerwin.”

  3. I no longer visit Menlo Park because it’s become a high crime area. Mp needs to invest in more cameras, and needs to control who comes into their town. The Mp city council should ask for help from Portola Valley (we are in process of installing ALPRs). This would hopefully stop future crimes and also help apprehend the perpetrators

  4. “no longer visit Menlo Park because it’s become a high crime area”

    What? Hilarious. Show us the numbers.

    Silly.

    How much has PV crime dropped since the announced adoption of cameras?

    Yeah.

  5. According to one source, “Crime in Bay Area cities is on the rise. In particular, Menlo Park and Palo Alto have experienced an uptick in petty theft and residential burglaries…”. Sounds like Menlo Park has some work to do…

    Since announcement of ALPRs, there have been 0 violent robberies/home invasions in PV.

  6. ” there have been 0 violent robberies/home invasions in PV.”

    There haven’t been any in Menlo Park either. So what? Keep PV Safe why don’t you stick to what you know? Trolling about Portola Valley. Leave MP to those of us that live here. Thanks

  7. Menlo Voter
    No need for personal insults but I will not sink to that level. Please be respectful while posting your thoughts on this forum

  8. Conflating burglarywith violent crime. Why?

    “there have been 0 violent robberies/home invasions in PV.” How many in PV in the last 100 YEARS?

    “According to one source”

    What is your source?

    And I’ll ask again: How much has PV crime dropped since the announced adoption of cameras?

  9. Keep pv safe can never defend her crazy claims.

    Or answer basic questions without conflation, shifting, etc..

    Menlo is extraordinarily safe.

    Thank you, police and press.

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