WC Detectives Arrest Daytime Burglar After Treat Boulevard Foot Chase

Walnut Creek detectives got a little sprinting practice in Monday in a foot pursuit of a 15-year-old suspected of stealing a loaded firearm, ammunition and jewelry in a Chantilly Court residential burglary Monday morning.

Detectives developed some information and located the suspect at 2:55 p.m. Monday in a parking garage in the 1200 block of Treat Boulevard.

After the foot pursuit, the detectives took the teenager into custody with the firearm, ammunition and jewelry in his possession, according to a Walnut Creek police press release.

In the Chantilly Court burglary, witnesses reported seeing a subject loitering in the neighborhood around 10:30 a.m. Monday, the time of the burglary, police said.

The suspect was booked into juvenile hall on suspicion of residential burglary, possession of stolen property and possession of a loaded firearm.