Overview
- San Jose police say surveillance footage from Sept. 5 showed two people at a South San Jose front door, one dressed as a delivery worker and the other wearing a ski mask who brandished a rifle before both fled.
- Detectives used automated license‑plate‑reader data, including the city’s Flock network, to identify a suspect vehicle and then develop leads that led to arrests in Dallas on Sept. 24.
- Authorities arrested 20‑year‑old Damian Vielma and 19‑year‑old Jeremiah Clybourn, executed a Dallas search warrant that recovered multiple firearms including the weapon seen in the San Jose video, and booked them on attempted robbery, vehicle theft and firearm offenses.
- San Jose investigators say the suspects targeted people they believed held large amounts of cryptocurrency but have not explained how victims were identified, and detectives are probing links to other Bay Area incidents such as Atherton.
- The suspects remain in Dallas County custody awaiting extradition to Santa Clara County, police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Ledesma, and the case highlights growing use of ALPR networks and cross‑jurisdictional cooperation in tracking violent, crypto‑targeted crimes.