Homes Ransacked, Man Arrested In Connection With Burglaries: Police

HILLSBOROUGH, CA — A man was arrested in connection with two home burglaries that occurred over the weekend in Hillsborough, according to police.

The first happened around 6:45 p.m. Saturday when an alarm went off in the 3200 block of Ralston Avenue and officers arrived to find the suspects gone, a glass door broken and the residence ransacked, police said.

Around 6 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a reported burglary in the 2500 block of Butternut Drive, where security footage captured three people prying open a rear sliding glass door, according to police, who said the second home was also ransacked.

The footage connected the trio to a 2000s model white Jeep Cherokee with a stolen license plate, police said.

Menlo Park police saw a Cherokee that matched the description of the suspect vehicle Monday night and stopped it on Interstate 280 at Woodside Road, taking the driver — a 31-year-old man who said he was from Colombia — into custody, according to authorities. The man was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility, police said.

Investigators seized his cellphone and vehicle, and are working to confirm his identity, according to police.

Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to call Hillsborough police at 650-375-7470, authorities said.