On 11/11/11 at about 2:30 p.m., Santa Barbara Police Tactical Patrol Force officers were patrolling on police bicycles in the area of Milpas Street and Quinientos Street.

The officers were flagged down by an employee from A-OK Mowers Inc. in regards to a theft of a chainsaw. Witnesses saw the suspect running from the business in possession of a chain saw shortly before the officers were contacted. The area was searched and witnesses found the chainsaw hidden in a hedge....

Three San Diego-area residents were in custody in Riverside County on Wednesday suspected of trying to get a refund on merchandise stolen from a Murrieta store, which led to a confrontation that left a police officer with superficial injuries.

Jessica Rochelle Bennett, 21, of Escondido; Michael Anthony Edwards, 58, of Vista; and Ronald Kevin Jackson, 32, of San Diego were arrested Tuesday afternoon outside a Rite Aid store on Murrieta Hot Springs Road...

A Hesperia parolee who tried to break into a house but got scared off by the female homeowner was sentenced to four years in prison.

Garland Jerome Weicks, 31, accepted the prosecution’s offer and pleaded no contest Thursday to one felony count of attempted burglary and one misdemeanor count of falsely identifying himself to a peace officer. Victorville Superior Court Judge Jules Fleuret sentenced him to prison immediately after accepting the plea agreement...

Claremont police arrested three San Bernardino men this morning after a resident saw them burglarize a truck in a driveway, police said.

Paul Pimentel, 18, a parolee, Richard Ramos, 26, and Vincent Gonzales, 27, were booked into jail on suspicion of burglary, said Claremont police Sgt. Aaron Fate.

A woman called police about midnight when she heard a noise outside her home in the 700 block of Lindenwood Drive in Claremont. She saw people standing around her neighbor's blue pickup truck. The men had smashed a window on the truck and fled in a white four-door sedan...

Two people, including a parolee, were arrested Wednesday after allegedly stealing 22-inch TV from Walmart Supercenter in American Canyon through an emergency door at about 4:40 p.m. and driving away only to be caught by rush-hour traffic on Jameson Canyon Road, according to the American Canyon Police Department.

Clayton Sullivan, 29, of Sacramento, was seen allegedly seen taking the $267 TV and leaving the store in a white Pontiac waiting outside the store, American Canyon Police Chief Jean Donaldson said.

Sullivan and another suspect, Dawn Mason, 29, of Pasadena, who was allegedly waiting for Sullivan in the Pontiac, then headed to Jameson Canyon Road, where police tried to stop the car, Donaldson said...

A parolee suspected of stealing air conditioning parts from a Lake Elsinore home Friday was caught when his bad driving caught the attention of sheriff’s deputies.

Joseph Maurice Suide, 26, was arrested on suspicion of theft after he was found in possession of a number of items that he admitted were stolen.

According to Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Patrick Chavez, deputies patrolling the area of 9th Street and Windjammer Way spotted Suide around 11 a.m. driving a maroon 2004 Hyundai sedan slowly through a neighborhood, raising suspicions about what he was doing there...

Police arrested a 31-year-old parolee after he reportedly broke into the garage of a West Covina home Sunday and then was caught trying to make his way into a parked vehicle down the street, a police lieutenant said.

A resident in the 1900 block of Amar Street called police to report that he had heard someone trying to get into his vehicle at about 5 a.m. The resident went outside saw someone run away from his car, said West Covina police Lt. Richard Bell...

Police say that someone contacted them about a man who was parking his vehicle on Villa Circle, and repeatedly trespassing in a vacant residence located on the 280 block of Beach Road. 

When officers arrived they found an empty car that was reported stolen from the bay area. Police found stolen property from a burglary that happened in February inside the stolen car.

Police believed that the suspect was inside the vacant house so they surrounded the area. Just as officers were about to go inside the house they spotted the suspect and ordered him to get outside...

Break-ins at cellphone kiosks at a Carlsbad mall Tuesday morning led to a car chase and the arrest of three young men, including a parolee, a police lieutenant in the coastal city said.

Thamar Curtis Moore, who is on parole, Dontay Thomas and Kelvin Jermaine Veasley, who are each 23, were arrested after a pursuit from the Westfield Plaza Camino Real mall to Home Avenue, a residential cul-de-sac just off of Jefferson Street blocks from the beach in northwest Carlsbad...

A failure to yield on Highway 49 near Redbud early Friday morning escalated into a foot chase, and the eventual capture of a man now facing vehicle theft and residential burglary charges. Mountain authorities do not believe he acted alone.

While it took less than an hour to hunt down the 27-year-old parolee, it would take authorities all day to learn his true identity.

Mark Molina of Concord, California insisted his name was Chad Steven Jergason. A Live Scan not only revealed his real name but a slew of aliases as well: Mark Booters, John Mays, Alex Molina and Timothy Moss...

A parolee suspected of ringing doorbells while carrying burglary tools was behind bars Tuesday.

Jose Francisco Estrada, 29, was arrested about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 66-700 block of Acoma Avenue when police responded to reports of a man ringing doorbells of homes in the area, Desert Hot Springs police Sgt. Gabriela Mendoza said.

Estrada, who matched the description of the suspect, ran when he saw police, Mendoza said...

El Segundo. Police have arrested a parolee on suspicion of breaking into The Lakes Golf Course pro shop.

Dennis Eugene Wladyka, 53, of El Segundo was taken into custody Sunday in connection with the 1 a.m. crime at 400 S. Sepulveda Blvd., police said.

Officers responding to an audible burglar alarm discovered a smashed window at the pro shop...

A parolee was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of trying to break into a South Pasadena home last month while residents were asleep inside, authorities said.

Police arrested Anthony Ace Martinez, 24, early Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles and booked him on suspicion of burglary, South Pasadena police Sgt. Jim Valencia said in a written statement...

The Beverly Hills Police Department is seeking the public's help to locate two men suspected of daytime burglaries in Beverly Hills. The suspects, Tyree Jackson and Bryan Rachel, are thought to be living a "flashy" lifestyle in South Los Angeles that has been primarily funded through burglaries and narcotics sales, according to a BHPD news release. The pair are also suspected of committing daytime burglaries in West L.A. 

The Beverly Hills Police Department says that on Feb. 7, its surveillance units observed the two suspects, along with another man, Germayne Jackson, committing a daytime residential burglary in North Hollywood...