Residential Burglary Suspect Arrested

Police arrested an 18-year-old Pleasanton man on suspicion of burglary Tuesday morning after a woman saw him standing in front of her neighbor's house across the street in broad daylight looking suspicious.

According to police, a woman called police from the 800 block of Concord Street around 9 a.m. and reported the man standing there. As she was on the phone, the man, later identified as Brodie Lewis, allegedly jumped the fence leading to her neighbor's backyard.

Officers arrived within two minutes of receiving the call, according to police, and searched the yard. The man jumped the back fence and started running toward Sirah Court.

Officers chased him, then caught and arrested him.

Police said he entered the house through an open window and stole some things. Authorities impounded his car, which was parked on the street, and charged Lewis with burglary.

This is the second time in as many months that Pleasanton police were able to arrest someone based on a witness who called as the crime was taking place.

Police in mid-June for stealing mail as a neighbor looked on and called police. It turns out they had allegedly stolen checks stolen from the victim and police found hundreds of other checks from Pleasanton and throughout the Bay Area in their car after a short freeway chase.