Police Bulletin Police Bulletin (February 13, 2004)

Prowler ransacks home, takes nothing

A resident returned to her home after a two-hour morning absence and discovered that someone had crept inside, ransacked her home, and left without taking anything.

Police reported that the victim left her home in southwest Pleasanton about 9 a.m. Feb. 4 and returned at 11:30 a.m. The unsuspecting victim began some household chores. In her kitchen, she found dirt on the floor and noticed that her back sliding door was open. Although she thought this seemed odd, she cleaned up the dirt and shut the door, police said.

However, when she went to her bedroom, she discovered several dresser drawers were open and her jewelry case in the closet had been moved and was overturned, police said. Alarmed, the victim immediately called police and waited outside for an officer. Once police determined the house was secure, the victim looked through three bedrooms that were ransacked but could not find anything missing.

The victim told police that as she returned home and drove into her driveway, she noticed an old package delivery truck with worn paint backing out of the driveway of a neighbor's home. She recalled that the driver seemed to be too young to be an employee of the delivery company. Police checked this residence, but no one was home and a package had not been left at the residence. Stereo snatcher swipes CD player

A thief had eyes for a $450 car stereo, snatching the audio equipment while the victim was working at a store in the Stoneridge Shopping Center on Feb. 6.

The victim told police she parked and locked her 1991 Acura Integra in the parking lot about 12:55 p.m. She recalled locking the doors before leaving the car, police said. When she returned to her car about 10:15 p.m., she noticed the dome light was on. As she approached, she saw that the driver's side door was ajar and she discovered the car stereo was missing, police said. Nothing else was missing from the vehicle.

Police believe the suspect did not search the vehicle for other valuable property, because the victim's CD case was on the backseat floor and the thief did not take it. Police did not find any pry marks or damage to the car indicating how the suspect gained entry.

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