OAK PARK, Calif. (KABC) -- A 15-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly burglarizing an Oak Park home and returning to the residence to steal the homeowner's car.
A Thousand Oaks police officer responded to a call of a home burglary near Rosehedge Lane and Conifer Street Sunday night. The victim told police he and his family were sleeping when a suspect entered their house through an unlocked front door and stole a wallet, car keys and other belongings.
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Later that night, at about 10 p.m., the suspect returned to the home and stole the victim's car. As deputies were responding to take another crime report, the suspect returned a third time - this time in the stolen car -- and ran off after seeing police in the area.
Responding deputies set up a perimeter and used a K-9 to search the area. The K-9 tracked the suspect from the abandoned stolen vehicle to a home about three blocks away, but the burglar wasn't found.
A day later, Auto Crimes Unit detectives searched the same area, found the suspect and located evidence that linked him to the stolen vehicle and the hot prowl residential burglary.
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The unidentified teenager was arrested for car theft and home burglary and was taken to a juvenile hall.
Upon further investigation, authorities learned the same teen was wanted for two counts of residential burglary in Los Angeles County.