San Leandro Man Arrested In Connection With NorCal Burglary Spree: Sheriff

SAN LEANDRO, CA — A San Leandro man and three other people have been arrested in connection with multiple burglaries that happened in Lake and Mendocino counties early Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Police say the four suspects forced their way into a grocery store in the Upper Lake area around 3:45 a.m. by smashing the front door. Ten minutes later, they burglarized a Dollar General in the city of Nice, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The suspects had already taken off before deputies responded to either location. However, deputies found a vehicle driving eastbound on Highway 20 that matched the one used by the suspects and pulled them over, authorities said.

Inside the suspects' car, deputies found a large amount of money, burglary tools, including a crowbar, and merchandise inside the vehicle that was believed to have been stolen during the burglaries, deputies said.

Among the merchandise were numerous cartons of cigarettes, cigars, lottery tickets, phone chargers, coin rolls, loose currency, and other stolen items, authorities said.

Deputies also tied the suspects to a third burglary in the city of Ukiah, authorities said.

The suspects were then taken into custody on suspicion of burglary, vandalism and possession of stolen property, authorities said.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office identified the suspects as Demare Burgress, 30, of San Leandro; Daniel Goodwin, 24; Tobias Menefee, 26 and Simeon Reed, 23 — each from Sacramento.