Crime & Safety
Homeless Woman Suspected of Burglary
Police think the suspect entered a house through an unlocked door and took money and clothing with her back to a homeless encampment.
Bay City News -- Police are investigating a residential burglary in which the resident returned home and followed the suspect as she fled to a nearby homeless encampment in San Leandro Sunday afternoon.
Police responded to the burglarized residence in the 15200 block of Upton Street at about 12:58 p.m.
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The resident told police she returned to her home and discovered that it had been burglarized. She noticed a woman outside her home, wearing the victim's clothes.
The victim told police that she followed the suspect to a nearby homeless encampment near the intersection of state Highway 238 and Hesperian Boulevard. The victim told police that the suspect attempted to hide the stolen property.
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Police responded to the homeless encampment and identified the suspect as 28-year-old, Tiffany Waters.
Police located the victim's purse and cash taken during the robbery.
Waters, a transient, appears to have gained entrance to the home through an unlocked rear door. Waters also left behind her clothes in the victim's residence, police said.
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