A woman has been arrested for stealing a piece of jewelry during an estate sale in Atherton, police said today (Nov. 9).
Police were called to a home on Adam Way on report of a burglary that had happened on Saturday during an estate sale. The person in charge of the estate sale told police that security camera footage captured a woman taking a piece of jade jewelry from the home during the sale, police said.
Police used its Flock license plate readers to find the woman’s car and arrested Xiaochun Zhang, 62, of Sunnyvale, for the theft.
She’s probably already out on bail and eyeing a Palo Alto City Council seat. If that doesn’t work out, there’s always Park & Rec Commissioner. Around here, apparently, the bar isn’t very high.