Crime & Safety

Peninsula Woman's Home Burglarized, Lexus, Purse Stolen

Police seek a suspect described as between 30 and 35 years old, with brown hair and eyes, between 6 feet and 6 foot 3 inches tall.

SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA -- Police in Mountain View are asking for the public's help in finding a man who stole a woman's purse and car and burglarized her house recently.

The woman's purse was stolen from her locked car, which was parked in the 500 block of Showers Drive in Mountain View from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Jan. 11.

After the woman returned to her Mountain View home and reported the burglary to police, she found that her home had been burglarized and another family car, a 2001 silver Lexus, had been stolen.

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Police believe the same man committed both crimes. He's described as being between 30 and 35 years old with brown hair and eyes, standing between 6 feet and 6 foot 3 inches tall.

Anyone with information about this incident has been asked to call Mountain View police Officer Ruben Gonzalez at (650) 903-6395.

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