Burglar Caught Within Hours, Napa Police Say

NAPA, CA — A man suspected of breaking into a Napa convenience store and stealing $1,500 in cash was arrested within hours of the crime, the Napa Police Department said.

The burglary happened early Saturday morning at a local convenience store. In addition to the cash, the burglar got away with some other miscellaneous items, police said in a social media post.

Surveillance video was provided and Napa police officers identified the suspect from that video.

Saturday afternoon, officers obtained a search warrant for the suspect’s residence where they found the clothes believed to have been worn during the burglary as well as a large sum of cash, police said.

Shortly before 3:15 p.m. Saturday, the suspect, identified by police as 27-year-old Bruce Anthony McKenzie II, was booked into Napa County jail on suspicion of burglary and for violating his probation.

He remained in custody Monday night, jail records showed.

Mckenzie has a record dating back to 2016 when he was arrested in Southern California in connection with smash-and-grab burglaries at two Benicia convenience stores. At the time, Napa police detectives helped identify him as a suspect in the Benicia burglaries. Video surveillance was instrumental in his arrest and detectives alleged Mckenzie was found in possession of a shirt worn in the break-ins.

In December 2022, he was sentenced to two years of formal probation for a second-degree burglary conviction. Court records showed that in September, supervision of his probation was transferred from Contra Costa County to Napa County.