MILPITAS (KRON) — Police in Milpitas are giving credit to an alert citizen for the arrest of two people on suspicion of stealing copper wire.
The two men were arrested after a 911 caller reported seeing two suspicious men taking something out of a PG&E box in Ben Rodgers Park.
Police surrounded the area and found the two suspects, plus a bundle of freshly cut wire.
The suspects have been identified as 29-year-old Raymond Eliegh Willman of Manteca and 40-year-old Adam Martinez of San Jose.
Willman was found hiding under a bush. Police caught up with Martinez after he ran away from the scene.
The two have been booked on charges of grand theft and felony vandalism, as well as drug charges.