People v. Reyes CA1/2

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

According to testimony at the preliminary hearing and the report of the probation department, Newark police officers were dispatched to a residence on Lobelia Lane in Newark in response to a report that a residential burglary was then taking place. When the officers arrived, a black Toyota Camry and red Jeep Cherokee which were parked near the house immediately drove away. The Cherokee was quickly blocked by Officer Randy Ramos and the driver, Lorenzo Bridges, was detained. Officer Jeff Revay pursued the Camry and later apprehended the driver, Juan Garcia. Officer Ramos and another officer accompanied by a police dog then entered the fenced backyard of the house and

1 saw a person, later identified as Jorge Gonzalez, attempting to jump over the fence. Chasing Gonzalez back into the house, the officers confronted another person, later identified as appellant, and arrested both. The officers observed pry marks on a bathroom window, which appeared to be the point of entry, found that the bedrooms and attic had been ransacked, and found a large safe bearing pry marks lying on its side near a “prying tool.” A camcorder had been taken from a hallway closet…