Menlo Oaks Suspicious Vehicle Report

Notable Community Safety Incidents (Feb 21-22, 2026)

• Suspected Home Casing - Feb 21, 7:11 PM
  Black BMW (South Dakota plate) crashed into residence at 191 East Drive three times. Owner reports vehicle unoccupied, believes it's casing his home for burglary. Vehicle registered to Michael Reese (unincorporated memo, $15K bail). Perimeter check requested.
• Suspicious Following - Feb 22, 8:46 AM
  Elderly female followed by male in minivan a few days prior. Call regarding her welfare dropped, suspected attempted contact. Reason for follow unclear—warrants officer involvement.
• Domestic Disturbance - Coleman Place - Feb 21, 10:12 PM
  415 (disturbance) at 15 Coleman Place, Apt 2 (near Menlo Oaks area). Roommate Sarah Boehm, 47, escalating verbal threats. Parties separated; subject carrying pepper spray (legally allowed).
• Stolen E-Bike - Feb 21, 10:52 PM
  Swagtron e-bike reported stolen (Case 401-401).
• Known Offender Activity - Feb 22, ~1:35 PM
  Jose Romero Sanchez (burglary warrant, $75K bail from Palo Alto PD) flagged during traffic stop. Multiple additional warrants noted.

Other Activity
Routine calls: traffic collisions, welfare checks, medical responses, noise complaints, commercial alarm. Most transcription quality is poor (radio interference), but no clear patterns of coordinated criminal activity over the 24-hour period.

Notable community-safety incidents (auto-transcript is noisy, so some details may be approximate):

• Possible casing / suspicious vehicle at residence (Menlo Park) — Feb 21, ~7:11 PM: Caller at/near 191 East Drive reported a black BMW had driven into the home multiple times and believed it was casing the property; requested perimeter check. Follow-up referenced a black BMW (possibly South Dakota plate), unoccupied.
• Vehicle tampering attempt (East Palo Alto) — Feb 21, ~8:25 PM: Report that a male approached and tried opening car doors (including husband’s vehicle); caller concerned suspect might return.
• Stolen bike report (Menlo Park) — Feb 21, ~10:52 PM: Dispatch issued a case number for a stolen bicycle.
• Burglarly-related wanted subject info (EPA radio traffic) — Feb 22, ~1:35 PM: Dispatch advised a subject had an outstanding warrant tied to a Palo Alto burglary charge (appears to be officer-contact/warrant information rather than a new burglary in progress).
• Suspicious person contact (EPA) — Feb 22, ~2:26–2:32 PM: Call described a white male in his 30s in a lobby; multiple units coordinated near University & Cooley and exchanged a photo.

Menlo Oaks / Berkeley Ave / Coleman Ave area:

• No clear burglary/prowler call explicitly on Berkeley Ave in this set.
• Closest relevant mention is a disturbance at 15 Coleman Place (Feb 21 ~10:12 PM), but it reads as a domestic/415-type call, not a burglary.

Pattern notes:

• Repeated suspicious-vehicle/person themes across Menlo Park and EPA (door-checking, possible casing behavior, frequent vehicle/occupant checks).
• No clear vehicle pursuit documented in the provided traffic.

Based on police radio transcripts from the last 24 hours, the following incidents are notable for the Menlo Park and East Palo Alto areas:

• Suspicious Activity & Potential Casing (East Drive): At approximately 7:11 PM on Feb 21, a resident on the 191 block of East Drive (near Menlo Oaks) reported via security camera that a black BMW crashed into their home three times. The resident believed the vehicle was casing the home. Officers later located the unoccupied vehicle, identified as a black BMW M3 with South Dakota plates.
• Burglary Arrest (East Palo Alto): At 1:35 PM on Feb 22, officers detained a subject (Jose Romero Sanchez) who had a $75,000 warrant for burglary out of Palo Alto PD, as well as a second no-bail warrant out of Santa Clara County.
• Vehicle Tampering (East Palo Alto): At 8:25 PM on Feb 21, a report was made regarding a suspect walking up to vehicles and attempting to open doors, successfully opening the door of at least one vehicle.
• Coleman Place Incident: At 10:12 PM on Feb 21, officers responded to a disturbance on 15 Coleman Place (near Coleman Ave) involving a resident making verbal threats against a roommate. The incident involved an unserved domestic violence restraining order.
• Theft & Alarms:
  • Stolen Bicycle: A stolen bike report was filed in Menlo Park at 10:52 PM on Feb 21 (Case #401).
  • Commercial Alarm: A back-door audible alarm was triggered at the Starbucks in the 1740 block of East Bayshore at 10:33 PM on Feb 21.
• Hit and Run: A hit-and-run was reported in the Safeway parking lot (525 El Camino Real) at 4:33 PM on Feb 21, involving an unknown vehicle striking a blue Toyota Corolla.

No other significant patterns or major violent crimes were noted in the immediate vicinity of Menlo Oaks during this period.