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Pleasanton police arrested a man and woman from the East Bay on suspicion of breaking into cars and possessing stolen property on Alvord Way early Monday morning after allegedly finding him pretending to sleep in a stolen vehicle and her trying to hide behind a car in a driveway.

Miriam Bahram, 29, of San Leandro and 28-year-old Hayward resident Jeremy Griego were booked into the Santa Rita Jail on multiple charges following their arrests in the neighborhood near the Stoneridge Drive and Hopyard Road intersection, according to police.

Pleasanton police Sgt. Steven Ayers credited an Alvord Way resident with first alerting police to the pair’s activity around 2:30 a.m. Monday.

The woman called 9-1-1 to report she was watching two strangers look into parked vehicles while trying to open the cars’ doors, and she stayed on the line to provide suspect descriptions and live updates on what the strangers were doing, including that they got into a parked car, according to Ayers.

Pleasanton police officers arrived on scene within moments of the initial report and while searching the area quickly found two people — later identified as Bahram and Griego — trying to hide in the neighborhood, Ayers said.

They allegedly discovered Griego while he was pretending to sleep inside a 1995 Volvo 850, later determined to be stolen, while Bahram tried to hide behind a vehicle parked in a residential driveway.

According to Ayers, Bahram was found in possession of items stolen from two vehicles parked on Alvord Way and officers found Griego had tools with him often used in nighttime burglaries, including a window punch, vice-grip pliers, a screwdriver and a flashlight.

Inside the stolen Volvo, officers allegedly found potentially stolen items, including Amazon delivery boxes for Pleasanton and Livermore addresses, along with five grams of methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe.

Ayers praised the Alvord Way resident for calling police immediately upon seeing suspected criminal activity. “Thanks to an aware Pleasanton resident, two local thieves were caught before they could get away with stolen property,” he said, while also reminding people to lock their cars when unattended.

Anyone with information about the case can call the department at 931-5100. Reference case No. 17-31930.

Jeremy Walsh is the editorial director of Embarcadero Media Foundation's East Bay Division, including the Pleasanton Weekly, LivermoreVine.com and DanvilleSanRamon.com. He joined the organization in late...

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  1. Across town, we also had a car break-in early this am. Unfortunately, not the first time for us, but have to give thanks to our PPD officers. They have been responsive, go the extra mile, and kept us us informed throughout the process; and their efforts led to the apprehension of the suspect. OiQ

  2. Nice try Pleasanton Parent- I went to school with this guy and he is Caucasian. Where exactly would they deport him to? The Caucasus Mountains? Please keep your xenophobia to yourself in the future.

  3. This my brother and he was born and raised in the Bay Area.How about learn how to solve issues in your neighborhood instead of ignoring them.put in work to make a change cause just getting rid of someone don’t solve any problems.The issue still alies

  4. Not by responsibility to educate your brother. That was your parents. Getting rid of him certainly solves the issue with him.

  5. @Law Abiding

    These cases aren’t always due to bad parenting. I know of a case of non-identical twin boys who were adopted into the same family. One of them went on to earn high grades in school, become a track star, go off to a military academy and a fine, distinguished career. The other was always a problem. Bad grades, behavioral problems, couldn’t hold a job, and eventually became a drifter. Parenting wasn’t the problem. Sometimes some kids seem to be just destined to be “black sheep” due to something deep inside them, and no amount of good parenting can change that.

    On the other hand, I’ve seen cases of families with bad parenting. If all the kids in a family are turning out to be bad then that’s almost certainly due to bad parenting.

  6. A lot of these people arrested are repeat offenders.
    Many are out on bail from a recent previous criminal activity.

    I believe every victim of a repeat offender out on bail by way of a bail bondsmen should file lawsuit against the bail bondsman that bailed out that offender.

    The bail bondsman is guilty of aiding and abetting this repeat offender to offend again, and again, and again!

  7. I want to help people that want to help themselves. We have enough people in that group, more actually, than the required resources to support. People like this take away from those that want help, and based on that alone – more deserving of it.

    Definitely could be tied to parenting, but nothing here to support that. Wouldn’t make that claim in this case with what is known.

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