A Palo Alto couple was startled to discover a couple of burglars in their house, police said. The burglars fled and remain at large.
On Thursday (Nov. 6) at 7:41 p.m., police got a call reporting a burglary at a home on the 3700 block of Corina Way. The residents, a man and woman in their 80s, were awake on the first floor of the home when they heard glass break.
When the woman went to investigate the source of the noise, she saw a man walking up the stairs toward the second floor and a second man standing just inside the back door.
Upon hearing the female resident scream, both suspects ran out the back door and were observed fleeing in a vehicle.
The investigation revealed that the burglars got in the house by smashing a rear sliding glass door. Nothing is known to have been taken.
Detectives are actively investigating this incident, police said.
Anyone with information about it is asked to call police at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be sent via text message or voice mail to (650) 383-8984, or submitted using the “TipNow-Palo Alto” app, which is available via the App Store or Google Play.
How scary. I’m glad no one was hurt, and I hope they’re caught.