Crime & Safety
IB Man Arrested for Alleged Broad Daylight Burglary
The 22-year-old was arrested for burglary after an observant citizen called police to report suspicious activity. At the same time, a resident in the area called to report her home had just been burglarized.
Two men are in jail Wednesday on suspicion of burglarizing a La Mesa home in broad daylight, thanks to someone who reported the pair as they walked around the area, police said.
Jose Mercado-Gonzales of Imperial Beach and Jeffrey Thomas of El Cajon, both 22, were arrested about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and booked on suspicion of burglarizing a home in the 4400 block of Carlin Place, La Mesa police said.
About a half-hour earlier, someone called police to report two men walking around looking at homes after parking in the 4400 block of Upland Street, police said.
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The vehicle was gone when police showed up, but a patrolman spotted it in the area and stopped it, police said.
About the same time, a Carlin Place resident called 911 to report that two men had just burglarized her home about two blocks away, police said.
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