Sheriff's Dept. Seeks Suspect in Slew of Poway Commercial Burglaries

After seven commercial buildings inside a Poway business park were burglarized, San Diego County Crime Stoppers and investigators from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Poway station are asking for help to identify and locate the suspect(s) wanted in connection with the crimes.

Detectives said that between July 19 and 23 — between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. — the suspect(s) gained entry into all of the businesses off Danielson Street by smashing glass windows or glass doors. 

Once inside, the suspect(s) targeted laptop computers, the Sheriff's Department said, except at Phone.com and Orca Systems where no property was reported stolen.

The suspect(s) have stolen about $8,000 worth of laptops and caused about $3,500 in damages to the windows and doors of the businesses they burglarized, authorities said.

The businesses burglarized are as follows:

• Phone.com 14000 block of Danielson Street
• Teledyne RD Instruments 14000 block Stowe Drive
• Core 13000 block of Danielson Street
• Vet‐Stem 12000 block of Danielson Court
• Sierra Nevada Corporation 13000 block of Stowe Drive
• Orca Systems 13000 block of Danielson Street
• CEVA Logistics 13000 block of Danielson Street

Anyone with information on this case should call the Sheriff’s Department’s Poway Station at 858-513‐2800 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 888-580‐8477. Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in this case. Anonymous email and text messages can also  be sent in via www.sdcrimestoppers.com.

Do you own a local business with valuable equipment? The Poway Sheriff’s Station’s Crime Prevention Unit offers the following tips to help avoid being burglarized:

• Remove laptop computers on desks near windows
• Close window blinds so that potential criminals cannot see inside of your business
• Install an alarm system with glass breakage sensors
• Install a good quality video surveillance system
• Report suspicious persons and activities to your local law enforcement agency