A Redwood City man has been arrested for the San Carlos home invasion after Redwood City Police detectives searched his home, police said today (March 3).
Miguel Aguilar Sarabia, 36, was first arrested in connection to a Redwood City home burglary, according to a joint announcement by Redwood City police and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
On Jan. 9, Sarabia forced himself into a home on the 1400 block of Greenwood Ave. in San Carlos with a gun at 2 a.m., demanding money and valuables before fleeing on a bicycle, according to police.
A week later, on Jan. 17, Sarabia was arrested after entering a home on the 300 block of Alameda de las Pulgas at 4 a.m. The homeowner, an 89-year-old woman, was upstairs asleep, but her caretaker was downstairs and heard a light switch and doors opening and closing.
The caretaker ran to the woman’s room and called police, who arrived in time to see Sarabia running away from the home. Police found Sarabia’s backpack in the backyard and then chased and caught up to him, Wagstaffe said. The backpack had costume jewelry from the home, wire cutters, a phone and a flashlight in it.
Sarabia remains in jail in lieu of $1 million.