A Palo Alto man in his 70s returned home from vacation to find his garage had been ransacked and a guy in his backyard who was jumping over a fence into a neighboring yard, police said.
Police booked and jailed Dwight Tucker Jr., 34, of Clearlake Oaks (Lake County).
At 5:32 p.m. on Monday, police received a call about a home burglary that was in progress in the 1400 block of Hamilton Avenue. Officers arrived and were told that the suspect had jumped a fence. A search of neighboring yards turned up Tucker, police said.
The victim had been away on vacation. When he returned home, he found that his garage had been ransacked and items were missing, police said. When he went to check the backyard, he saw the suspect exit an accessory dwelling unit and jump over a fence to a neighboring yard, police said.
Tucker was booked on charges of home burglary and violating probation, both felonies, and a misdemeanor of providing a fake name to police.