Overview
- A family of three was robbed outside their East San Jose home on August 7 when two men displayed firearms and took jewelry and other belongings as the family returned to their driveway.
- Robbery detectives used automated license plate reader (ALPR) data to link a vehicle to the crime and to identify two primary suspects plus an additional person of interest.
- Detectives secured arrest warrants and search warrants for addresses in Stockton, Sacramento and Tracy and identified the suspects as Dennis Jackson, Charles Gaston and Richard Burton.
- Police arrested Jackson and Gaston on October 22 and Burton on October 26, and all three were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on robbery charges while the probe remains active.
- Authorities asked anyone with information to contact Detective Ortega and said the case illustrates how ALPR tracking and cross‑jurisdiction coordination can speed suspect identification even as formal charging and court steps still lie ahead.