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TAKING A BITE OUT OF CRIME
Officers, police dog catch burglary suspect
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Manteca officer Steve Beerman checks out a flashlight in a front yard walkway believed to have been dropped by a burglary suspect Monday noon in the 1600 block of Murrieta Way. - photo by GLENN KAHL/The Bulletin
A 24-year-old Manteca man allegedly entered at least one home in the 1600 block of Murrieta Way Monday before police nabbed him.A call of a burglary in progress brought officers and one dog to the neighborhood north of the Manteca Golf Course.The ensuing chase involved jumping numerous back-yard fences until the police dog found the suspect hiding in bushes in front of a home in the 500 block of Foxfire Drive, Jackson Ernest Blevins Palomeras was arrested on suspicion of residential burglary and resisting arrest. The police dog caused several puncture wounds to the suspect’s legs as he ran from the bushes and was downed by the canine at the edge of the grass near the street. Palomar’s was treated at the scene by medics.Police officers had initially set up a perimeter around the neighborhood in an attempt to catch the suspect as he was fleeing on foot.