2 Accused Of Burglarizing Cars In Stanford Shopping Center: PAPD

PALO ALTO, CA — Police arrested two San Francisco after locating a suspect vehicle used in auto burglaries at the Stanford Shopping Center parking lot.

At midday Thursday, officers spotted the suspected vehicle they thought may be connected with a crime back in July 2019. The suspect vehicle was traveling northbound on Alma Street heading toward the Stanford Shopping Center. Police stopped the vehicle at Sandhill Road and Vineyard Lane. They took the male driver and male front passenger into custody.

Detectives were able to connect burglaries that occurred July 25 and 30 at the Stanford Shopping Center to the suspect vehicle by discovering window punches, which is the tool commonly used by auto burglars to shatter the glass. Officers also recovered a stolen item from an auto burglary that occurred on July 25 at the Stanford Shopping Center, which included two backpacks containing electronics, police said.

Kamron Malek Albert Johnese, 19, and Kevon Earl Rabb, 20, both of San Francisco, were taken into custody and booked into Santa Clara Main Jail on suspicion of felony auto burglary and possession of burglary tools.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the suspects. They may be connected to other auto burglaries in surrounding cities beyond the July 25 and 30 incidents, police said.

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