Not even the home of Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs has
escaped a Bay Area-wide upswing in residential burglaries. But unlike a
majority of those crimes, a suspect is in custody, according to MercuryNews report.
The deceased Apple co-founder's home on Waverley Street in
Palo Alto was burglarized July 17, said Santa Clara County Deputy District
Attorney Tom Flattery, a member of the high-technology crimes unit. More than $60,000 worth of "computers and personal
items" were allegedly stolen, but Flattery declined to say whether they
belonged to Jobs, who died last year at the age of 56, or another family
member.
On Aug. 2, authorities arrested Kariem McFarlin, 35, of
Alameda in connection with the crime, Flattery said. He was arraigned five days
later on one count of residential burglary and selling stolen property. McFarlin, who remains in county jail on
$500,000 bail, could face a maximum prison sentence of seven years and eight
months, including a one-year enhancement for "excessive taking of
property," Flattery said.
Flattery was tight-lipped about the case, declining to
discuss the chain of events that led to McFarlin's arrest in Alameda. But he
revealed that McFarlin was likely unaware of the home's significance.
"The best we can tell is it was totally random,"
Flattery said about the crime.
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