Janitors accused of carrying out Palo Alto restaurant burglary spree
Photographed to the left is 27-year-old Armando Aguilar Sevillas; pictured in the middle is 31-year-old Jose Roberto Rodriguez; photographed on the right is 29-year-old Marcos David Umana Romero.
PALO ALTO, Calif. - A trio suspected of carrying out a series of restaurant burglaries in Palo Alto is behind bars.
Janitorial workers
What we know:
The suspects were subcontractors of a cleaning company that provided oversight cleaning service at all the restaurants they burglarized.
The group first struck around 4 a.m. on Dec. 23 at Local Union 271 in Palo Alto on University Avenue, where they entered through a back door and made off with a safe containing $5,000 in cash, according to the Palo Alto Police Department.
On Dec. 26, around 2 a.m., the suspects entered through the back door of Nola restaurant at 535 Ramona St. and stole a safe with $4,000 in cash.
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The alleged perpetrators continued their crimes on Jan. 28, between 2 a.m. and 5 p.m., when they entered through a back door and swiped a safe containing $7,000 in cash.
Busted
Investigators traced the crimes to 29-year-old Marcos David Umana Romero, 31-year-old Jose Roberto Rodriguez, and 27-year-old Armando Aguilar Sevillas, all residents of San Francisco.
They were arrested and booked on three counts of commercial burglary and three counts of conspiracy.
Detectives are working to determine if other suspects were involved.
The Source: The Palo Alto Police Department