Masked Burglars Caught In Sonoma Valley: Sheriff's Office

SONOMA VALLEY, CA — Sonoma County sheriff's deputies arrested two men on suspicion of
committing two residential burglaries Monday morning in El Verano in the Sonoma Valley. Deputies responded at around 11 a.m. to a burglary in progress in the 19100 block of Bay Street. They heard a commotion and saw broken glass and items stacked outside an adjacent house where a burglary also was underway, sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Crum said.

A suspect in a plastic face mask, later identified as Bryce Finch, 28, of Sonoma, saw the deputies and fled out of the front door. He was found in a shed at a housing complex on Railroad Avenue and was taken into custody after a brief struggle, Crum said.

Witnesses pointed out another burglary suspect, later identified as Brian Webber, 34, of Sonoma, running from the Bay Street home to the backyard of a nearby residence on Walnut Avenue, Crum said.

Webber had a similar face mask and was in possession of property from the residence and was arrested, the sergeant alleged.

Both men were booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of burglary and conspiracy, Crum said.

By Bay City News Service; Patch local editor Maggie Avants contributed to this report.

Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone