Overview
- A resident in his 70s returned to his home on the 2600 block of Bryant Street around 12:20 p.m. Sunday and found an unknown man sitting at the kitchen table drinking his wine, police said.
- Officers identified the suspect as 31-year-old Sabina Blanco of San Francisco after a neighborhood search, and he left the house when the resident told him to go.
- Blanco was booked into Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of residential burglary, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor battery on a police officer for allegedly spitting on an officer.
- The victim reported the home had been rummaged through, and authorities have not said whether anything beyond the wine was taken.
- Police asked anyone with information to contact Palo Alto’s 24-hour dispatch or submit an anonymous tip through the TipNow-Palo Alto app.