(KRON) — Several arrests have been made following a home-invasion robbery in early May, said the San Leandro Police Department.
BART Police K9 tracks down gun a mile from Oakland crime scene
SLPD said that its officers responded to the 14700 block of Bancroft Avenue, just after 5 a.m. on May 4, for a report of a home-invasion. Police said that “two masked suspects broke into the home and forced three victims into a bedroom while they ransacked the rest of the house for electronics and cash.” The duo also stole and later abandoned a 2025 Tesla Model Y vehicle, belonging to one of the victims, according to police.
SLPD said detectives assigned to its Crimes Against Persons Unit developed leads to identify the suspects as Isaiah Ruiz-Sandoval, 24, and Isaias Jimenez-Garcia, 20, both of Oakland, and obtain arrest warrants.
Police said officers conducted surveillance on Wednesday — with the assistance of an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office air unit — as Ruiz-Sandoval and an associate, Julian Solorio, 25, of San Francisco, drove throughout Oakland “committing multiple auto burglaries of parked vehicles.” Police said the pair took off when officers tried to apprehend them then ditched their car in the 4600 block of Penniman Avenue. Solorio was eventually located and arrested while Ruiz-Sandoval was able to evade capture…