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Police arrested a San Jose man after he allegedly made his way into a garage on the Google campus and attempted to steal spools of fiber optic cable.

Company security reported that the man, 52-year-old Octavio Ramos, entered a secured garage of one of the buildings at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway on the evening of March 20. Once inside, he stole several spools of the cable and fled the area, according to Sgt. Saul Jaeger of the Mountain View Police Department.

Officers were able to locate Ramos nearby and arrested him on charges of burglary, where he was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, Jaeger said. Ramos was booked into San Clara County Main Jail.

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Kevin Forestieri is a previous editor of Mountain View Voice, working at the company from 2014 to 2025. Kevin has covered local and regional stories on housing, education and health care, including extensive...

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