Three burglary suspects pretending to be part of a food delivery service to determine if a home was vacant have been taken into custody in Alhambra, police said Tuesday.
The incident took place in the 3300 block of Balzac Street and was captured on surveillance video.
“A suspicious individual posing as an Uber Eats driver pulled up and asked if the residents ordered DoorDash. We don’t think she even knew which app she was pretending to work for,” the Alhambra Police Department posted on Instagram.
After determining that no one was home, the suspect signaled to her crew and waited outside as a lookout while they jumped a fence and forced entry.
“Just as they started grabbing stuff, they noticed APD outside and decided to play hide-and-seek,” the post read.
The lookout then tried to warn her partners by texting that officers were in the area, “but she got caught herself,” police said.
Officers set up a perimeter and used K-9 unit “Doggo” to help capture the suspects identified as Kennisha Powell of Lake Elsinore, Dejon Brown of Baldwin Park and Jerry Mullens of Los Angeles.
All three were booked on suspicion of residential burglary.
