A police traffic stop in El Sobrante turned into something else Thursday after Lafayette police, following up a lead to a man they believed had been stealing appliances and other goods from staged homes in Lafayette and elsewhere, ended up arresting the suspect and discovering a hoard of pilfered goods at his home.
Police Chief Eric Christensen did not say what led them to the man, stopped by police as he was driving in El Sobrante around 10 a.m. Thursday, but he described their meeting as unfriendly.
“He was not happy to see us,” Christensen said.
Christensen said officers serving a search warrant at the man’s home discovered electronics and appliances and other items – including an Amazon delivery box snatched from the front porch of one home the day it was burglarized.
“Flat screen TVs. A lot of flat screen TVs,” Christensen said, along with counter top appliances and other items taken during the Lafayette thefts. Police were still taking an inventory of the haul.
That was quick!!!
Thats a lot of work for wha, mebbe 50 bucks at the flea market? I guess these guys deal in volume.
There is a Lafayette man who has a thing for going to open houses and cruising through their personal belongings. Very creepy.
Where do they sell the stuff they steal?
I wonder if he was part of the Prop 47 Class of 2014 dirtbags we voted to release early from prison?
Conspiracy suggest others are involved in this. I hope they get them all. I can’t stand these people and wish there were real penalties for what they do. But there isn’t.
Good one Manny. Agree with you.