Security video helped Davis police nab two suspected burglars this week, though in one case they got a little help from the suspect himself.
Joseph Arthur Lopez, 24, of Davis, is alleged to have broken into The Kana Company, a marijuana dispensary on Second Street, where police responded to a motion alarm sounding shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday, Lt. Art Camacho said.
Officers discovered signs of a burglary but no suspect, though there was a bicycle “suspiciously parked in the area” that was taken for safekeeping, Camacho said.
About two hours later, “a man came to the police department and wanted his bicycle back,” Camacho said. The man, identified as Lopez, was identified as the same person seen in video from the alleged burglary and was taken into custody.
Also on Tuesday, police arrested a local man allegedly caught on video burglarizing not one, but two Davis businesses just several days apart.
The first incident occurred May 18 at Newsbeat, 514 Third St., where patrol officers spotted evidence of a burglary at about 3:45 a.m. While investigating, “they found video of the crime that showed an unknown suspect breaking in,” Camacho said.
Fast-forward to May 20, when a 3 a.m. break-in at Li’l Bear’s Car Wash at 2010 F St. revealed video that showed the same suspect burglarizing that business. Identified as 35-year-old Lance Thomas Weakland, he was taken into custody Tuesday on burglary and vandalism charges.
— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 530-747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene