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Published on 03/25/1996 All articles from this issue

Recovered property linked to LAH home break-ins

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By Joanne Griffith Domingue / Town Crier Staff Writer

Hillsborough Police officers recovered property Friday that had been stolen from homes in Los Altos Hills, Atherton, San Mateo and Santa Clara after serving a search warrant on subjects in the East Bay.The property descriptions match a list of items stolen, but the owners will still need to come in and identify them, said Inspector Ed Boll of the Hillsborough Police Department."For the amounts that have been stolen, a minimal amount has been recovered," Boll said.Daytime residential break-ins have plagued the Los Altos area in the last few months. The count is at 20, seven in the city of Los Altos and 13 in Los Altos Hills and unincorporated parts of Los Altos.Similar daytime residential break-ins have occurred along the 280 corridor from Hillsborough to Los Gatos prompting area law enforcement agencies to collaborate on the investigation.Police said they think more than one group is involved in the break-ins.March 7 Hillsborough police arrested two suspects who have been charged with 12 counts of burglary, one of which was in Los Altos Hills. Authorities did not release the names of the suspects because the investigation is ongoing.During the week of March 18 police arrested a third suspect, a woman."There seem to be a lot more people involved," Boll said. The search warrant served March 22 did not involve the first two suspects who are in custody. Officers will be serving another search warrant, he said.Since the arrests there have been no more residential daytime break-ins in the Los Altos area, said the Los Altos police and the Santa Clara County sheriff.