SAN DIMAS >> Deputies jailed two men early Saturday for allegedly burglarizing a residential garage in San Dimas, officials said.
Officials ultimately arrested Alex Powell of Altadena and Briley Lambert of Covina, both 18, on suspicion of residential burglary following the 3:40 p.m. crime in the 1600 block of Via Alegre, officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station said.
A resident called deputies to report someone was inside the garage, officials said. Two men were seen leaving the garage, which the resident had accidentally left open, before deputies arrived.
Deputies found Powell hiding nearby, sheriff’s officials said in a written statement.
“Upon checking the location he was hiding, they recovered items stolen from the garage. In addition, he had a checkbook in his pocket that was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Via Esperanza,” according to the sheriff’s statement.
About two hours after the initial report of a break-in, deputies found and arrested Lambert in the same area in connection with the burglary, according to officials and county booking records. He was allegedly found with items taken from the Via Alegre garage.
Lambert was also being sought by another local police agency, who had previously found his fingerprints at the scene of a residential burglary, sheriff’s officials said.
According to county booking records, Powell and Briley were being held in lieu of $50,000 bail each pending their initial court appearances, scheduled Tuesday in Pomona Superior Court.