REDWOOD CITY – A 21-year-old Redwood Metropolis man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into properties and in a single case groping a feminine resident, police mentioned.
In a press release Friday, the Redwood Metropolis Police Division mentioned it has investigated three incidents since January that concerned a resident encountering a person she didn't know inside her residence.
The most recent case was reported round 2:20 a.m. on March 19, when a resident awoke to discover a man she didn't know inappropriately touching her, in keeping with police.
When confronted by the sufferer, the suspect barricaded himself inside a rest room and escaped by means of an exterior window earlier than officers arrived on the scene, police mentioned.
Officers canvassed the encircling neighborhood and obtained surveillance footage, which helped them establish the suspect and hyperlink him to the circumstances, police mentioned.
The person was later arrested at his residence and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood Metropolis on fees of sexual battery, first-degree housebreaking and peeking, in keeping with jail information.
Police mentioned the incidents occurred at night time and principally within the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Ebener Avenue.
The identical man can also be believed to have dedicated two further burglaries, police mentioned.
Anybody with info associated to the circumstances can name Detective James Schneider at 650-780-7607.