Property crimes detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office need help identifying two men involved in a hot prowl burglary.
It happened shortly after 7:00 am on March 31st at a home located on the 7600 block of S. Mendocino Ave. in Parlier.
A woman was in a bedroom and her husband had just left for work. A short time later she heard a noise in the kitchen and figured he had come back to grab something. She called out to her husband, but he did not answer. Unsure if a stranger was maybe in her house, she used her phone to text her husband. He responded that he had not returned home. She waited a bit before going out to the kitchen and then found her screen door had been cut open. The woman called the Sheriff’s Office to report a possible break-in. Deputies responded and reviewed surveillance camera footage from around the home. One camera captured two masked men walk onto the property. The suspects appear to get startled and run away. One man is seen carrying a leaf blower that belongs to the homeowner. Deputies followed the path that the two men ran and it took them into an orchard. Deputies found the leaf blower on the ground and returned it to the owner.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to contact Detective Darrel Olivas at (559) 600-8173 or
