Crime & Safety
Burglars Take Plea Deals to Limit Prison Time
A cell phone discovered by detectives led to the arrests of two men.
Two men charged in a series of residential burglaries in January 2010 agreed on Tuesday to a plea bargain that will limit their prison time to a maximum of two years each.
Antoine Troy Cox, 23, and David Paul Capwell, 21, pleaded no contest to two counts of first degree burglary and one count of receiving stolen goods.
Cox, who remains in custody on $300,000 bail, faces sentencing May 10. Capwell paid his $50,000 bail and remains free. He will be sentenced July 13.
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Police probing a rash of residential burglaries in San Bruno and in the East Bay got a break in the case when one man left his cell phone at one of the crime scenes.
“Good detective work led to (the) juvenile girlfriend of David Capwell, who led them to Capwell and Cox,” said San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Sean Dabel.
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Misti Leon, whom police say drove the car, was arrested as a lookout but has not been charged, the district attorney’s office confirmed.
Search warrants served on the suspects’ homes turned up property identified as belonging to the victims, and investigators found $97,000 in cash in the vehicle driven by Leon. Cox and Capwell bought cars and electronics with some of the stolen money, according to the district attorney's office.