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Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a burglar who stole car keys from an unlocked garage and drove away in a couple’s vehicle in Palo Alto’s Charleston Meadows neighborhood on Saturday.
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SLIDESHOW: Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the man pictured above for allegedly burglarizing a car from a Palo Alto home on Sept. 25, 2021. Courtesy Palo Alto Police Department. -
The man pictured above is wanted for allegedly burglarizing a car from a Palo Alto home, where he left behind a bicycle, on Sept. 25, 2021. Courtesy Palo Alto Police Department.
Palo Alto police received a call from the homeowners, a couple in their 70s, who said their car was stolen from their driveway in the 300 block of Whitclem Drive at around 9:20 a.m. on Sept. 25.
Upon reviewing surveillance camera footage, police found that a man opened the garage from a side yard door and stole keys on a countertop around 9 a.m., police said in a press release. He also took a surveillance camera from the garage before driving off with the couple’s gray 2011 Mercedes ML-350 SUV. The suspect drove north on Wilkie Way towards West Charleston Road.
Based on surveillance footage, the burglar was described as a Black man in his 20s or 30s, police said. He wore a black shirt, black pants, a gray baseball cap and a white face mask. He also left an unregistered black and white Trek Marlin bike at the couple’s house.
The vehicle has not been found.
Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call the department’s 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent by text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the police’s free mobile app, downloadable at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay.
