Police arrest man after hot prowl burglary near Ohlone Park
The suspect was identified as 50-year-old Dan Kwang Choi, who works as a computer technician, according to jail logs.
Police arrested a man who broke into a Berkeley woman's apartment while she was home and stole a piece of jewelry Monday, authorities report.
The woman, who is in her 40s, was in her bedroom at about 4:40 p.m. when she heard someone in her bathroom.
She "ran out of her apartment and called 911," Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry. "As she ran from the building, she could see the legs of the suspect still sticking out through her bathroom’s window."
A neighbor, who called the break-in "a very unusual occurrence" in the area, told The Scanner the woman was "very shaken up" after the incident.
BPD arrived quickly and spotted the intruder still inside the apartment, authorities said, at Hearst Avenue and California Street near Ohlone Park.
They detained him without incident when he left through a back exit on California Street.
Dan Kwang Choi. BPD
When police searched the man, they "found a piece of jewelry that was stolen from the victim’s bedroom," BPD said.
The suspect was identified as 50-year-old Dan Kwang Choi, who also goes by Kwang Yol Choi, according to police.
Choi, who works as a computer technician, according to the jail log, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property.
As of Wednesday, he remained in custody at Santa Rita Jail with a $15,000 bail. He is set for arraignment Thursday.
