On Saturday, December 19 at 3:40pm, I was driving southbound on Porter approaching Mendocino in the 2300 blk. I saw a male Black / 18-20 years of age / sitting in the driver’s seat of a Honda Accord. The engine was running and he was facing northbound. I looked in to his car as I drove by slowly, made eye contact, and he gave me a look of serious stress and concern. I know the look. As I continued slowly past his car and approached the stop sign at Mendocino, I saw another male / 19-22 years of age / Hispanic come running out from a yard at [2300 block of] Porter with a box and sacks (likely pillowcases) of belongings. He jumped into the passenger seat of the awaiting car and they drove northbound on Porter
toward Braeburn. I made a U-turn and followed them. Unfortunately, they knew that I figured out what was happening…and began driving erratically, speeding, and running stop signs. I trailed them for a few blocks but couldn’t keep up. I never got close enough to get a license plate, though that was my intent in following them. The car was a black ’94-95 range Honda accord / not completely sure whether it was a 2-dr or 4-dr but I would guess that it was a 4-door. I have attached a similar image to the car I saw. Most often these types of crimes are committed by people who live in the general area, it wouldn’t be uncommon for them to revisit out neighborhood to case for another burglary. Please keep an eye out for this vehicle. I called the Sheriff’s Station and they responded quickly. I gave them the above information and a report was taken.The victim resident was not at the house so I’m not sure what items were taken nor did I stay around long enough to find out how they made entry into this house. The house doesn’t appear to have anyone living there on a regular basis, but it’s not vacant. It did not appear to have an alarm. If it did, it wasn’t set / functional.
Matt Bogaard sent out this message on an incident he participated in yesterday: