(BCN) — Santa Rosa police are asking for public help find property stolen from a metropolis highschool that had been burglarized a number of instances.
Police stated stolen faculty property from Piner Excessive College features a red-colored 4-wheel hand-pull utility trailer, a big REI bag stuffed with science textbooks, 4 Apple iPads, and an Apple MacBook Air.
In accordance with Santa Rosa police, Piner Excessive College was burglarized not less than thrice within the fall of 2024.
“It was believed the suspect would try unlocked doors or force entry into custodial closets and classrooms to steal tablets, computers, tools, and other items of value. Using surveillance images, detectives identified a person of interest; however, they lacked sufficient probable cause for an arrest at that time,” police stated.
Piner Excessive College had its newest housebreaking case on Monday, when officers reported that laptops, faculty textbooks, and tablets had been stolen from one of many campus lecture rooms. Surveillance footage allegedly recognized the suspect as Daniel Vanzant, a 52-year-old transient from Santa Rosa.
(Santa Rosa Police Division)
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Vanzant can also be suspected of being concerned within the earlier burglaries on the faculty.
Police on Tuesday discovered him, introduced him into custody, and interviewed him. Detectives reportedly discovered then that Vanzant had been loitering each day on Piner Excessive College grounds after hours. In addition they discovered the stolen property could have been hidden in and round Youth Group Park, or the skate park at 1701 Fulton Highway.
Vanzant was arrested and booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of housebreaking and vandalism associated to a few of the reported burglaries.
Police on Wednesday searched the park for the stolen faculty property however got here up with nothing.
Anybody with data on the whereabouts of any of the varsity property is requested to contact police at (707) 528-5222 and check with case numbers 24-8498, 24-10428, 25-861.
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