Man Arrested in RWC May be Connected to San Carlos Burglaries

A man arrested late last week for burglarizing a home in unincorporated Menlo Park may be connected to recent burglaries in San Carlos and Redwood City, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies say on Thursday morning, an alert citizen in Menlo Park reported a suspicious vehicle parked in front of his neighbor’s home in the 3,000 of Waverly Avenue and wrote down the license plate number. The vehicle, a white Toyota Scion, sped off as the neighbor arrived home. Once inside, the neighbor discovered the home had been burglarized and called 9-1-1.

Sheriff’s deputies located the unoccupied vehicle in the 1900 block of East Bayshore Road in Redwood City.

An investigation led Sheriff’s Office detectives to contact Alexis Sanchez-Nava, who was later determined to be involved in the Menlo Park burglary. A search warrant was written and deputies found stolen property from the Menlo Park burglary at Nava’s house.

Nava, 18, was booked into San Mateo County Jail for burglary. Further investigation is still underway to identify other persons who were involved in this crime. 

Deputies believe the suspect, Sanchez-Nava and/or his associates, may be responsible for a recent series of residential burglaries in San Carlos and Redwood City. 

Anyone who may have additional information about this or similar burglaries is asked to call the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office or the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Anonymous Tip Line at 1-800-547-2700 or contact Det. Mark Myers at 650-802-4238 or via e-mail mtmyers@smcgov.org.

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