Overview
- A business on the 1100 block of Green Island Road reported more than $100,000 in tools, copper wire and vehicles stolen, police said.
- Investigators identified two vehicles linked to the theft and circulated that information to neighboring agencies to aid the probe.
- After the Alameda County sheriff’s office stopped one of the vehicles on July 7, American Canyon officers arrested 53-year-old Daniel Lemas after finding selfies that allegedly showed him committing the burglary.
- Hayward police stopped the second vehicle on July 8 and officers arrested 49-year-old Dennis Tylij on suspicion of felony conspiracy; both men were booked into the Napa County jail on felony charges.
- A multiagency search warrant in Hayward recovered some of the stolen items and the case underscores rising copper and construction-equipment thefts that can disrupt businesses and local services.