Crime & Safety
4 Suspects Sought In San Mateo County Home Burglary
Police are seeking four men accused of smashing a glass door and breaking into a San Mateo County home this week.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — Police are seeking three men accused of smashing a glass door to break into a home near Woodside and then fleeing in a waiting car, the San Mateo County Sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office received a call from a resident around 5:30 p.m. Monday who said three men of unknown races wearing black hooded sweatshirts and yellow surgical masks on their faces were running from a home on the 2000 block of Stockbridge Avenue.
The three men got into a waiting car — described as a dark Dodge Caravan with tinted windows — parked on Stockbridge, with a fourth man sitting in the driver's seat.
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The car fled east on Stockbridge, south onto Santa Clara Avenue and then west onto Woodside Road before the witness lost sight of it, according to the sheriff's office.
Soon after, deputies were alerted to an alarm at the home, where police found a shattered glass sliding door. The resident returned home but found that nothing had been stolen during the burglary.
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Police are investigating, and asked anyone in the area with security cameras to review surveillance footage from Monday evening.
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