A booking photo was released Wednesday of a man accused of breaking into an occupied home in the hills of east Redlands late Monday Nov. 26.
Residents in a home in the 12000 block of Hilltop Drive were awakened by noises, saw a flashlight beam and called 911 shortly before midnight Monday, according to Redlands police.
"After calling police, the residents saw the burglar running out the back door," Redlands spokesman Carl Baker said in a statement.
Police searched the area with help from a San Bernardino County sheriff's helicopter crew and found a suspect hiding in bushes under a pomegranate tree near the victims' residence, residents told Redlands-Loma Linda Patch.
Robert Wayne Harris, 22, of Yucaipa, was arrested at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday in the 12700 block of Hilltop, according to Redlands police and inmate records.
Harris was identified by homeowners as the suspect seen running from the house, Baker said. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and taken to West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
Bail for Harris was set at $75,000 and he remained behind bars at West Valley on Wednesday afternoon, according to inmate records.
Anyone with more information was urged to call Detective Tony Ortiz at (909) 335-4777 or Redlands Police Dispatch at (909) 798-7681. Anonymous tipsters can text 274637 using the keyword "REDTIP."
Some non-emergency crimes can be reported online at http://ci.redlands.ca.us/police/coplogic/start-report.html.
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