By Arrest

Town Crier Staff Report

Police arrested four teens after a Los Altos resident unexpectedly interrupted the youths’ plans to allegedly burglarize his home on Distel Drive last week.

Los Altos Police Detective Dennis Loucks said the Los Altos resident came home Nov. 6 and accidentally walked in on the four teens as they were rifling through the belongings in his bedroom.

The resident recognized one of the teens as an acquaintance, police said.

The four teens fled the scene in a car around 3:47 p.m., police said.

Police spotted the car. A short distance later, the car came to an abrupt stop, and three of the boys fled on foot, Loucks said. Police arrested the driver in his car near Castro Street and El Camino Real.

Mountain View and Los Altos police blocked off the surrounding area, and after a brief footchase, captured two of the three remaining suspected burglars hiding near an office building.

The fourth teen surrendered to police later that evening, Loucks said.

Loucks said police found jewelry on one suspect.

Police booked Jason F. Stout, 18, of San Jose in the Santa Clara County Jail.

The other three suspects were juveniles ages 16 and 17. Police booked them into Juvenile Hall.