San Leandro home-invasion robbery leads to several arrests

(KRON) — Several arrests have been made following a home-invasion robbery in early May, said the San Leandro Police Department.

SLPD said that its officers responded to the 14700 block of Bancroft Avenue, just after 5 a.m. on May 4, for a report of a home-invasion. Police said that “two masked suspects broke into the home and forced three victims into a bedroom while they ransacked the rest of the house for electronics and cash.” The duo also stole and later abandoned a 2025 Tesla Model Y vehicle, belonging to one of the victims, according to police.

SLPD said detectives assigned to its Crimes Against Persons Unit developed leads to identify the suspects as Isaiah Ruiz-Sandoval, 24, and Isaias Jimenez-Garcia, 20, both of Oakland, and obtain arrest warrants.

Police say officers conducted surveillance on Wednesday — with the assistance of an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office air unit — as Ruiz-Sandoval and an associate, Julian Solorio, 25, of San Francisco, drove throughout Oakland “committing multiple auto burglaries of parked vehicles.” Police said the pair took off when officers tried to apprehend them then ditched their car in the 4600 block of Penniman Avenue. Solorio was eventually located and arrested while Ruiz-Sandoval was able to evade capture.

Police said Ruiz-Sandoval and another individual, identified as Javier Romero-Flores, 21, of Oakland, was arrested on Thursday — with the help of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a K-9 unit — after officers interrupted three suspects during a burglary in progress at an occupied residence in the 1400 block of Trojan Avenue.

Later Thursday, SLPD said detectives located Jimenez-Garcia, the last wanted suspect of the May 4 home-invasion robbery, in the 2800 block of Baumberg Avenue in Hayward.  “Search warrants were executed at the homes of Ruiz-Sandoval and Jimenez-Garcia, and evidence linking them to the home-invasion robbery was recovered,” said San Leandro police in a news release.

“A case like this showcases how an investigation can quickly develop and branch into other cases involving new suspects,” added Lieutenant Abe Teng of SLPD.  “More importantly, it also affirms the tenacity of our staff and their dedication to bring these suspects to justice.”

San Leandro police partnered with the Oakland Police Department and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in the investigation of these cases.