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On Tuesday, December 5th, San Leandro Police detectives arrested a Sacramento man responsible for a series of auto burglaries that occurred at the San Leandro Marina on November 18th, 2017.
 
The investigation began last month when a total of eight vehicles were burglarized in one incident while parked at the San Leandro Marina during the daylight hours. Witnesses reported seeing the suspect smashing windows of the victim's vehicles and taking items from within. A witness to the crime took cell phone snapshots of the suspect and his getaway car while burglarizing the vehicles.

In a second incident, another vehicle was burglarized on November 20th in the parking lot of 699 Lewelling Blvd. In that case, credit cards were stolen out of the victim vehicle. During the course of both investigations, the suspect was identified as 21 yr-old Jacob Owens of Sacramento. Owens was seen on surveillance footage using the victim's credit card after the burglary at a nearby gas station. 
 
On Tuesday, Owens and his vehicle were located in Sacramento by a Law Enforcement partner agency. San Leandro Police detectives traveled to Sacramento and took custody of Owens. When arrested, Owens was in possession of multiple burglary tools and stolen items from multiple cases. Owens subsequently confessed to the detectives regarding the burglaries he committed at the San Leandro Marina and the Lewelling location.
 
"This is a major bust in a chronic crime occurring at our Marina," said Lt. Isaac Benabou. "We know that Owens is not solely responsible for all the burglaries that have occurred at the Marina, but he is clearly responsible for many of them.” This is an on-going investigation as San Leandro Police detectives work with other Law Enforcement agencies also looking at Owens as a possible suspect in their cases. 
 
Jacob Owens has since been charged by the Alameda County District Attorney for eight counts of auto burglary and one count of fraud for using a victim's stolen credit card. Owens remains in custody at Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.