Full Notification

CITY OF PETALUMA, CA.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/BROADCAST UPDATE

DATE: February 23, 2015

REPORT NUMBER: 15-1038

OCCURRED DATE AND TIME: February 23, 2015 1155 AM

INCIDENT: Two males arrested for suspicion of committing a residential burglary.

LOCATION: Residence on McGregor Ave. on east side of Petaluma

INVOLVED: Suspects: Kevin Angulo 19 year old male from Petaluma

Victor Figueroa 19 year old male from Rohnert Park

SUMMARY: On the above listed date and time a resident of McGregor Ave. woke up and saw a Hispanic male in the doorway of his bedroom. The resident did not know the male intruder and yelled at him to get out of his house. Fearing for his safety the resident also pointed a handgun at the male intruder. The intruder ran from the house and got into a white Buick Sedan which was parked in front of the residence. A neighbor of the victim saw the intruder and another Hispanic male get into the sedan and drive away on McGregor Ave. The neighbor was able to get all of the Buicks license plate except the first digit. That information was radioed to responding Petaluma Police Units. A Petaluma Motor Officer located the vehicle several minutes later turning W/B onto Caulfield Ln. from St. Francis Dr.; this is approx. one half mile away from where the burglary occurred. The Buick was stopped in the Gateway Shopping Center and the two males in the vehicle were removed for questioning.

The two males were identified as Victor Figueroa from Rohnert Park and Kevin Angulo from Petaluma. Kevin Angulo is on probation from a previous theft related case.

One of the neighboring houses had video surveillance cameras in their front yard. Video surveillance from the neighbor’s residence was viewed by police and showed the Buick parked in front of the victim’s house and also showed what was believed to be the driver and passenger running from the victim’s house and getting into the Buick and driving away.

A search was conducted of the inside of the Buick and located inside the car was a black Sentry lock box, an envelope with identifying marks on it and an undisclosed amount of cash and an HP Laptop Computer. None of these items were connected with the original burglary on McGregor Ave. It could not be determined if any items had actually been taken from that residence.

At approx. 2:35 PM, 2 and a half hours after the original burglary Petaluma Police received a call from a resident who had just gotten home and was reporting their house had been burglarized on St. Francis Dr. only a short distance from where the original burglary had occurred. Officers investigated and learned the items taken were a Sentry lock box, an envelope with cash and an HP Lap Top Computer. The victims of the burglary on St. Francis Dr. were brought to the police station and positively identified the property police had. The victims provided a Sentry key which opened the lock box Angulo and Figueroa had in their possession. Inside the lockbox were Passports and other identifiable type items which belonged to the residents of the later reported burglary.

Angulo was booked into Sonoma County Jail on charges of conspiracy, being an accessory to a crime and a probation violation. His bail was set at $21,000. Figueroa was booked into Sonoma County Jail on burglary and conspiracy charges. His bail was set at $40,000.

PREPARED BY: Sergeant Ron Klein

CONTACT NUMBER: 707-778-4372

EMAIL: [email protected]

Ron Klein; Police Sergeant Petaluma Police Department 969 Petaluma Boulevard North Petaluma, Ca. 94952 707-778-4372 (main) 707-781-1211 (voice) 707-778-4476 (fax) [email protected]