Hopkins Junior High Damaged By Copper Thief: Police

Fremont CA

01 June, 2022

12:33 PM

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FREMONT, CA — Police in Fremont have arrested a Santa Cruz man suspected of burglarizing a local junior high school, the department announced on Tuesday. Aaron Hosmer, 38, was arrested on Sunday after giving chase on an electric skateboard and then on foot after officers established a perimeter around the school at approximately 4 p.m. Earlier that day at 7 a.m., officers received a report of a possible burglary at Hopkins Junior High School at 600 Driscoll Road. A storage container had been broken into and several items were stolen, police said. At 4 p.m. the police were again alerted that a possible suspect had returned to the school and was in the process of burglarizing classrooms. As officers surrounded the school they reported hearing a suspect using a saw. The suspect soon exited a door and fled on his skateboard, abandoning the ride as he approached a ravine. The suspect fled into a nearby neighborhood off Kensington Drive, where he jumped a fence into a backyard. Officers set up another perimeter and employed their K9 unit, "Karo," the sight of which made the suspect surrender immediately, police said. A search of the school led police to discover that the suspect had allegedly been sawing copper pipes and wires and had amassed a "large batch" to steal. Hosmer was arrested on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest, police said. Police said that Hosmer has a "lengthy criminal history" involving arrests for assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a firearm, criminal threats, burglary, grand theft, possession of burglary tools, receiving stolen property, violation of a court order, vandalism, DUI, disturbing the peace, drunk in public, unlawful possession of tear gas, carrying a concealed dirk or dagger and possession of a controlled substance. Hosmer was booked into the Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of felony burglary and vandalism. Copyright © 2022 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.