A burglar robbing an Alamo home on Easy Street last Saturday dropped a drawer full of jewels after a resident confronted him as he carried stolen items to a white cargo van.
After being spotted, the man, a white male in his late 20s to early 30s, ran to the van and sped away from the scene.
“He was spooked,” said Angela Urrutia, crime prevention specialist at the Sheriff’s Valley Station.
Around 7:15 p.m., the culprit ransacked the homeowner’s drawers in the master bedroom and other rooms of the Alamo home, said Urrutia. The owner was away for the weekend and was having construction done to his house.
While the burglar was going through the drawers, a neighbor heard his dogs barking and went to the house. The resident saw the man and confronted him but there was no physical contact, said Urrutia.
The suspect zipped to his car and sped away.
Urrutia said residents should call the Sheriff’s Office if they plan to go on vacation so deputies can check their homes to make sure things are in order.
“It’s a very valuable service the Sheriff’s Office offers,” she said. For a vacation check by the Sheriff’s Office, call 837-2902. Danville residents should call 314-3410.
-Jordan M. Doronila
