(KRON) — A group of teenage criminals allegedly involved in numerous commercial burglaries, vehicle thefts and attempted carjackings throughout San Jose between December of 2024 and March of 2025 were recently arrested, according to the San Jose Police Department.
The crime spree started at 6:07 a.m. on Christmas Eve, when a business was burglarized at the 2300 block of Almaden Road. During the burglary, four suspects rammed a car through the building’s facade and proceeded to steal various pieces of merchandise before SJPD officers arrived at the scene. The burglary was followed by dozens of similar break-ins in a period of several weeks.
“The crimes involved a group of suspects committing armed vehicle thefts, and subsequently using the stolen vehicles to force entry into various businesses by driving them directly into storefronts or utilizing a chain to rip off door frames before burglarizing them,” SJPD said. “The suspects would then take various items from the businesses and flee the scene in the stolen vehicles.”
On March 25 at about 3 a.m., SJPD responded to a home regarding two stolen cars. At 3:15 a.m., an attempted carjacking was also reported in the area…