Milpitas Burglary Suspects Arrested After Bay Area Crime Spree: Police

MILPITAS, CA — Four men accused in a rash of home invasions and burglaries in Milpitas and around the region were recently arrested after police allege they were caught in the act.

Robbery detectives in San Jose began investigating a series of crimes in late December, collaborating with several Bay Area agencies after linking the same suspects to similar incidents in Milpitas, San Bruno, Fremont and Union City.

Police allege the suspects stole jewelry, high-end watches, purses, guns and large amounts of crash during the crime spree, deploying a WiFi jamming device to disrupt home security cameras.

San Jose detectives worked with their counterparts in Fremont to identify four suspects in the case. Investigators identified the men Thursday as Dejaun Mabon, Maurice Barrow, Shawn Wyatt and Lawrence Barton, all men in their 30s from Oakland.

Late last month, Fremont detectives coordinated with San Jose's air support unit to arrest four suspects during a burglary in progress in Union City, police said.

Multiple agencies helped execute search warrants at five addresses linked to the suspects, where detectives said they recovered more than $100,000 in cash and stolen items, along with multiple handguns, a shotgun and a high-capacity rifle.

The four men were booked into the Alameda County Jail pending transfer to Santa Clara County to face charges related to home invasion and residential burglary.