Cell phone camera helps catch alleged crooks

A good Samaritan armed with a cell phone camera helped police track down a pair of alleged burglars after they reportedly ransacked a Pasadena home. Here’s the story:

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PASADENA — A good Samaritan with a cell phone camera helped police track down and arrest two men suspected of burglarizing a home Saturday, police said.
Carlos Saldivar, 28, of Pasadena and Christian de Los Santos, 23, of Pasadena were booked on suspicion of burglary, Pasadena police Lt. Tracey Ibarra said.
The incident began about 11:20 a.m. in the 2900 block of East Colorado Boulevard, the lieutenant said.
A person who just happened to be in the neighborhood waiting for someone noticed a man wearing latex gloves exit a home carrying a suitcase and get into a waiting van, which quickly sped away, Ibarra said.
The witness thought the man looked suspicious and snapped a picture of the van with a cell phone camera before calling the police, she said.
Police confirmed that the home had been burglarized, then went to the address the van was registered to based on the license plate from the witnesses photo, Ibarra said.
The van was located near the address in the 600 block of North Los Robles Avenue, with Saldivar and de Los Santos inside, the lieutenant said.
Property allegedly stolen from the home on Colorado Boulevard was recovered from the men, she added.

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