People v. Hinsdale CA1/2

BACKGROUND

I. Factual Background for the Present Burglary Case As described in the probation report, at approximately 6 p.m. on July 11, 2020, Napa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported burglary at the Newton Hall student dorms at Pacific Union College. The reporting party, Dean Hernan Granados, said a white male adult and white female adult had broken a window to enter the dorm and attempted to steal a mattress, then fled in a blue van. Granados later reported several other items had been stolen from the lobby, including a full size couch, a 72-inch flat screen television and a 56-inch flat screen television that had been

2 mounted on the wall, and a wooden table. He also indicated there was some damage to sheetrock surrounding a dollar bill change machine in a hallway and pry marks that appeared to be the result of an attempt to remove the machine from the wall. Granados told the deputies that he was living in an apartment within the Newton Hall building and showed them the location where he had exited his apartment and seen the suspects attempting to load a mattress onto their vehicle; two mattresses and the couch from the lobby were on the ground. Although the…