Crime & Safety
Suspect Arrested In Home Burglary
The homeowner fired a gun as he heard a person trying to break into the house through a window, police said.
SAN RAFAEL, CA — San Rafael police Wednesday morning arrested a man who is suspected of burglarizing a residence earlier this month.
A homeowner in the 200 block of San Marino Drive called police around 10 a.m. on Jan. 17 while someone was breaking a window to get into his residence. The homeowner called police and fired a gun toward the back of the house where the break-in was occurring, police said. The suspect fled and police do not know if he was shot.
Detective Kevin MacDougald searched for evidence and re-interviewed the victim and witnesses who lived in the area. MacDougald determined Jamal Jay Bseiso, 60, a transient, was a possible suspect in the burglary and other misdemeanor cases of vandalism and petty theft, and he was
identified as the suspect, police said.
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Detectives found Bseiso's vehicle in the 1300 block of Hamilton Parkway in Novato around 9:30 a.m. He was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of burglary and burglary of an occupied dwelling, police said.
--Bay City News
