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The Pleasanton Police Department is currently investigating five residential burglaries that were all reported within 24 hours of each other last week, one of which occurred while someone was at home sleeping and was woken up to the sound of the burglary taking place, police said.
PPD Lt. Erik Silacci told the Weekly that the department has not yet determined whether the break-ins are all connected or not and that they are still in the early stages of the investigation.
“We encourage residents to report any suspicious activity,” Silacci said. “If residents are headed out of town, we encourage them to set timers for exterior/ interior lighting and monitor their surveillance systems for any activation.”
According to the Pleasanton Police Blotter, there were two residential burglaries that were reported on Feb. 14 — one at the 1400 block of Maple Leaf Court at 8:25 p.m. and one at the 3600 block of Mohr Avenue at 10:21 p.m. The next day, on Feb. 15, there were three reports of break-ins — one at the 2900 block of Moreno Avenue at 8:01 a.m.; one at the 600 block of Blossom Court at 7:25 p.m.; and one at the 900 block of Gray Fox Circle at 10:04 p.m.
There was also an additional residential burglary reported on Feb.16 at 10:31 a.m. at the 3600 block of Andrews Drive.Â
The news of these recent burglaries comes after the department made the announcement on its social media pages on Feb. 6 that home burglaries increased in the city by 62% in 2023.
Silacci said that PPD’s initial investigation for the Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 burglaries determined that the time frame of the break-in occurred in the early evening to late night hours.
He also said that in each burglary, suspects got in by entering through the rear slider door of houses; breaking windows in bathrooms and bedrooms; and kicking through the front door.
Silacci said that while most of the burglaries took place while nobody was home, there was one where a resident was sleeping in the early evening who was woken up to the sound of a loud crash from a suspect breaking their rear sliding door and their alarm going off.
“The resident saw a subject (unknown description due to low light) standing in the living room and called out to them,” Silacci said. “The suspect turned and ran out of the home.”
He added that PPD doesn’t have much information on the items that were stolen in any of the reported burglaries, which he noted is common as people usually take a few days to compile a list of items that were stolen.
This latest string of break-ins follows another residential burglary that occurred in an apartment complex on Feb. 9 at 5727 West Las Positas Blvd. PPD has been asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects who were caught on camera.
Silacci said that as of now, PPD does not believe that the apartment burglary is related to this last group of break-ins. He also said there are no new updates on the Feb. 9 burglary.
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