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WALNUT CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Chief of Police Thomas Chaplin
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Friday, May 16, 2014 For Immediate Release
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WCPD Case Number: 14-14572

Date / Time Occurred: 5/16/14 at 0128 hours

Location: The Bar Method
(1946-A Mt. Diablo Blvd)

Crime Description / Code:
Penal Code 459/460(b) –Commercial Burglary (2 Counts)
Penal Code 496 – Possession of Stolen Property

Suspect: In-Custody
Juan Rodriguez, HMA, 42 years old, resident of Concord

Press Release Prepared By: Sergeant Mike Sugrue
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On 05/16/14 at approximately 0128 hrs., WCPD officers responded to The Bar Method (1946-A Mt. Diablo Blvd) on a report of a burglary in-progress. Officers arrived in less than a minute and the suspect was seen running away from the building. A perimeter was immediately set up and a police K9 was utilized. The suspect initially eluded capture, but was later spotted by an alert officer who remained in the area.

The suspect was found to be in possession of stolen property and positively identified as being responsible for two separate commercial burglaries to the same business. Officers arrested Juan Rodriguez for commercial burglary, possession of stolen property and an unrelated warrant. Rodriguez was taken to the Martinez Detention Facility and booked on the above charges.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Walnut Creek Police Department at (925) 943-5844.