The case of a repeat car burglar being rearrested just a month after being released from jail by a San Francisco judge is highlighting why it is so difficult to crack down on car break-ins.
San Francisco police tell the I-Team’s Dan Noyes that 27-year-old Robert Sonza is the suspect in several auto burglaries last week. He has a history of running from police, even crashing into their cars, injuring officers and a civilian.
Wednesday afternoon, Sonza appeared in court facing new charges.
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SFPD sources tell the I-Team that on Saturday evening, a plain clothes team watched as Sonza picked up a juvenile who had been breaking into cars at the Palace of Fine Arts and followed the pair to Oakland where officers had to use spike strips to make an arrest.
Some of Sonza’s past victims are not surprised.
“What do you say? Surprise, surprise, surprise?” Dan Oldiges said. “I mean, I think we had this discussion a while ago that you keep doing the same thing, you expect you’re gonna get the same results.”