Burglars steal $30,000 worth of purses from Saratoga home

Credit card, check fraud also reported in city.

Nov. 2

Residential burglary: At 8:33 p.m., three suspects entered a residence in the 21000 block of Heber Way by breaking a rear glass door and stole purses for a loss valued at $30,000.

Nov. 9

Petty theft, theft by credit card: At 2:35 p.m., two suspects worked together to distract the victim, who was shopping at Safeway in the Argonaut Shopping Center on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road, and then stole the victim’s wallet from a shopping cart for a loss valued at $195. The suspects then used credit cards from the wallet to make fraudulent purchases totaling approximately $1,412.

Nov. 10

Check fraud: A Saratoga resident reported that someone obtained a check put into outgoing mail at a US post office, then altered and cashed the check for a loss of about $4,000.