The following is a press release issued by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. This has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On 11/30/2023 at approximately 0558 hours, Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were summoned to the scene of a reported commercial burglary at 39215 S. Highway 1, the Gualala Chevron. Investigating Deputies determined that the suspect had cut through the exterior wall of the structure with a suspected battery-operated power saw in order to gain access to the interior of the business. The suspect then used battery-operated power tools to cut into the safe inside the business, and managed to steal a large amount of cash. Investigating Deputies collected several pieces of evidence including video surveillance of the suspect inside the business. Deputies shared the information with other law enforcement agencies in neighboring counties, and discovered that other commercial burglaries matching the same circumstances and means of entry were committed at locations within Lake County as well.
Mendocino County and Lake County law enforcement personnel began working together and sharing information due to the similarities in the cases, and developed investigative leads that identified a single suspect in all of the burglaries. Deputies from both agencies quickly developed enough probable cause to author search warrants to track the suspect’s cell phone locations and activity near each of the victim businesses. It was determined that the suspect was often surveilling the locations the night prior to the burglaries being committed. All of the burglaries were carried out between the hours of midnight to about 4:00 A.M., during non-business hours. During each of the burglaries in both counties, the suspect was wearing similar clothing, and utilized similar methods of attempting to conceal his identity with hats and face masks. The suspect was also observed on surveillance footage utilizing the same power tools to gain access to the structures as well as the safes and ATM machines.
2024-00002857: On 02/09/2024 at approximately 0623 hours, Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a burglary at 13501 S. Highway 101 in Hopland, CA (Hopland Farms Gas and Mart). The suspect had made entry into the mini-mart through the ceiling utilizing a collapsible rope ladder to lower himself to the business floor. The suspect again used a battery-powered saw to cut open a safe and took a large amount of cash. Surveillance footage again showed a male subject dressed in similar clothing, hat, and mask as the other burglaries. Surveillance footage also determined the suspect had entered the business during the same time frame at approximately 3:10 A.M. during non-business hours.
On 02/23/2024 in the early morning hours, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputies were notified by Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies that the suspect in all of these cases, Tyrone Brennen, had been arrested somewhere in the area of Lakeport, CA on an arrest warrant issued in Lake County. Lake County Deputies had been surveilling Brennen’s movement during the night, and noticed that he was potentially about to commit another commercial burglary. Deputies contacted Brennen in his vehicle and took him into custody on the arrest warrant. Lake County Deputies then authored a search warrant for Brennen’s vehicle where they discovered numerous burglary tools, collapsible ladders, and articles of clothing that matched the descriptions from all the other burglary cases being investigated in Mendocino and Lake Counties. All of these incidents are believed to be related due to the noted activity of the suspect’s movements and frequency at the locations before and at the time of the crimes.
There are numerous other commercial burglaries that have occurred at various locations in Mendocino County that are continuing to be investigated to see if they are related or were possibly committed by Brennen.
Anyone with information that may assist investigators are urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center by calling 707-463-4086. Information can also be reported anonymously by calling the Sheriff’s Office non-emergency tip line at 707-234-2100.
I’ll say one thing positive about him.The cat has a stellar work ethic.
He showed up in court in Lake County out of custody. Not sure why a PC 1275 dource if bsil hearing was not held beforehand.
source of bail
Liberals: “This article is racist!!” LOL.
Kudos to law enforcement. Glad the cops caught this piece of garbage.
People love their cell phones aka government tracking device you buy yourself.
Caught himself with his cellphone.
Good work officers
Please stop using “serial” in your descriptions as it shows your ignorance. A guy who robs people is called a robber period. A guy who rapes is called a rapist period. This use of serial whatnot is just hype. It was used for serial killers that have a whole methodology to their crimes and victims. The choice in what type of victim is one, the actual killing act itself another, and the taking of trophies and disposal methods fill that requirement. That would be serialism. But some asshole that robs people, anyone, is not serial. It’s his chosen profession. Tell me are plumbers going to be called serial plumbers or them serial electricians. Do you see how stupid you are? I’m sixty and I’m done with this generation of dumshits.
Don’t you mean serial dumb shits?