Full Notification

Newark, California (Thursday, November 6, 2014)

On November 6, 2014 at approximately 10:22 a.m., Newark Police Department Officers responded to the 37000 block of Dahlia Drive to investigate a reported residential burglary that had just been interrupted.

The victim, who was still inside the house, witnessed the suspect entering the locked front door. Upon noticing the victim, the suspect fled the area but the victim was able to provide a physical description of the suspect to police dispatch. Responding officers located a male matching the description in the area and detained him. The detained suspect, Colton Ott, 18 of Fremont was later positively identified as the burglary suspect. Officers also located physical evidence in Ott’s possession tying him to the burglary. Ott was arrested on several charges, including burglary and was booked into Santa Rita Jail. No one was injured as a result of the burglary.

The investigation of this incident is continuing and anyone with any information regarding this incident should contact Officer Gustavo Arroyo of the Newark Police Department at (510) 578-4990. Information can also be left anonymously on the "Silent Witness" hotline at (510) 578-4965.