Man arrested for attempted robberies in Calexico
Karina Bazarte
CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – The Calexico Police Department (CPD) says these past two weeks officers have responded to several attempted robberies in the northside of Calexico.
“He would pretty much approach houses, knock on the door to see if anyone would answer and at one point, he attempted to gain entry,” said Sgt. Miguel Carbajal with CPD.
Police say the first attempt happened on Cantu Avenue and Sapphire Street.
The suspect tried to open the front door, but was not successful.
The second attempt happened on Jasmine Street and Emil Hashem Street.
“On one of the three incidents that we are investigating, he in fact opened the front door on another one he used what appeared to be several keys to attempt to unlock a front door,” said Sgt. Carbajal.
The final robbery attempt happened on Monday and this time on Mc Millan street near Enrique Camarena Jr High School at around 4:00 a.m.
“He knocks on the door. He pretty much checks if no one it home, or if anyone is home, he attempted to gain entry into the residents in this situations the residents had…was equipped to a surveillance camera and captured the incident on footage,” said Carbajal.
CPD say they don’t know where the man is from, but he had a Texas I.D.
The suspect was taken to the Imperial County Jail. He is being charged with three counts of attempted residential burglary.