Palo Alto, CA --On 3-19-2007 at approximately 10:32 a.m., a passing citizen called 911 to report two black males crouching behind the bushes at a residence at 1061 Stanley Ave. Palo Alto police officers surrounded the residence and conducted a search of the grounds. Officers discovered evidence of an attempted Burglary where a window was broken and the screen was damaged. The residents were not home at the time.

While officers were interviewing witnesses with further suspect information, another report of suspicious persons in the area of the 600 block of Iris Way was reported at 10:57am, approximately 5 blocks from the Stanley Address. Witnesses described two black males walking around private yards in that area, which matched the description of the possible Burglary suspects. Additional units were called in and a large perimeter was set up around the area of the 500 block of Hilbar Ave. where the suspects were last seen by patrolling officers. The suspects fled from offices and continued to jump fences into different residences in the area. Menlo Park K-9 officers were requested to assist in the search. Minutes after the K-9 began searching the area, the suspects were apprehended in the front yard of a house on Hilbar Ave at 11:24am.

The two suspects are identified as Jamar Williams, 18yrs old, and Derail Robinson, 22yrs old. Both suspects are residents of E. Palo Alto. The suspects were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges of Attempted Burglary, Conspiracy to Commit Burglary, and Resisting Arrest. Palo Alto Police Detectives are continuing the investigation.

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