LANCASTER – Two teenagers on probation were arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly trying to burglarize an East Lancaster home, authorities said.
Dreazon Dumas and Dyjahn Stewart, both 18-year-old Lancaster residents, were arrested in connection with a crime that happened around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at a home in the 43600 Block of San Francisco Avenue, according to Deputy Miguel Ruiz of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.
“Lancaster Station dispatch received a call of two black males who were seen jumping over a wall and into the backyard of an unoccupied home,” Ruiz stated in a news release. “When deputies arrived to the home, the two suspects ran from the location.”
More deputies responded and contained the neighborhood to search for the suspects, Ruiz said, and nearby Eastside High School was placed on lockdown “out of caution for the safety of students and staff.”
Dumas and Stewart were detained less than an hour later near 30th Street East and Avenue K in Lancaster, according to Ruiz.
Both were arrested on suspicion of burglary and each booked at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
“Both were recently placed on probation and both have a criminal history of burglary,” Ruiz stated in the news release.
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Turd Ferguson says
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Think says
Ok, they say that they were seen jumping over a brick wall… But was there any evidence that they actually broke into the home? That they even entered the home at all? So what they ran? Innocent people that have had any history with the cops are going to run. Remember where we are at people. You don’t have to be guilty of a crime to get arrested… I would probably run too! (not really.. Because I am, by nature, not a “runner” .. But you get my point.)
Shane Falco says
This is where common sense comes into play.
Somebody called the sheriff’s department when they saw these guys jumping a wall into a backyard of an “unoccupied house”. Obviously it took some time for the deputies to arrive on scene and these guys, both who just happen to be on probation for burglary, are still there doing something at this house.
Whatever they were doing, they ran when deputies showed up. They were then arrested for burglary which means that they had made entry and stole/attempted to steal something. If they had not burglarized the home they would have instead been arrested for trespassing or a simple B&E.
Tim Scott says
Yeah, this is America. Our laws rely on evidence, not some cop’s “common sense.” Sorry to pop your bubble.
Shane Falco says
The common sense was regarding the article. It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out that these convicted burglars, at 9:30 in the morning were in somebody’s backyard just doing yard work or having a bible study.
The deputy was able to surmise, based on the evidence, that a burglary had occurred and arrested them accordingly. The deputy doesn’t charge anybody, they present the evidence to the distric attorney who decides whether or not to file charges.
I’ll guess that these innocent until proven guilty young men plead out to another burglary. Common sense tells me that.
Laughing says
The common sense was to be applied by the reader… but your dislike of Shane twisted the context.
Could the charges be ‘Trumped’ up? Certainly, and if they were the accused has a chance to hopefully prove it was “Trumped” up.
Tim Scott says
Thing is that his narrative is totally rooted in relying on the “common sense” of the cops. How do we “know” they made entry/attempted to steal something? Why, we can tell by the fact they were arrested for suspicion of burglary. Cops would NEVER arrest someone for something the evidence doesn’t really support…at least not in Shane the badgelicker’s world.
He’s doing what cops frequently do and badgelickers ALWAYS do…promoting the “if they weren’t guilty they wouldn’t have been arrested” mindset that makes their job easier…whether they do it right or not.
That’s one of the most pernicious weeds infesting our criminal justice system. Juries are polluted with “well, you must be guilty or we wouldn’t be here” before they are even empaneled, and everyone involved knows it. The defense faces an uphill climb every time, and the innocent person who counts on them completing it rather than just take a less painful plea deal is a fool, to greater or lesser extent.
Shane Falco says
I don’t like turning this into another Shane vs. Tim situation but you’re missing the point entirely.
Humor me as I am just a guy who sprays water on fire for a living. Your argument is that I and or others believe these guys are guilty simply because they were arrested. The reality is that I did not call the police. Somebody who saw them jump the wall did. They didn’t know these guys were on probation…from a case just this last March…for burglary.
The deputies came because of the call and the suspects ran. Again, the deputies didn’t know these suspects or that they were on probation for burglary they gave chase and caught them and an investigation on scene determined that they had committed burglary.
Also, many daytime burglaries start out with a knock on the door after 9:00am when burglars know people are often at work. If nobody answers, most times they will jump a fence or a wall and break in through a side/back window, out of sight. So, once again, we have felonious convicted burglars, doing burglar things and somebody called the police.
How is that the fault of….juries…and the deputies? Seems to me the fault lies in felons doing felonious things.
Scott Tim says
Tim you are a clown, you always think you know the story as if you saw it happen in front of your own eyes. I’m all for the right to have an opinion, but damn man. Sometimes keeping your mouth shut will do you some good.
Tim Scott says
Let’s see…open by calling me names, then make a comment that doesn’t seem to apply at all. Where did I say anything about “seeing with my own eyes? I make no statement at all about what happened here. I just took exception to the usual “well, the cops did this so this must have happened nonsense from a known badgelicker. So, under those circumstances, why in the world should I keep my mouth shut?
Scott Tim says
Did I hurt your feelings Timmy? Pro tip: read the article and deduce information that just might make sense and throw your anti-cop slander to the side. They were on probation and in an unoccupied home, which they jumped over the wall, thus, trespassing and breaking the law. Tell my, genius, why they should not have been arrested by law enforcement?
Tim Scott says
Read the article yourself.
Point out where it says they were in the home. Oh, wait…you DEDUCED it from “they were arrested on suspicion of burglary.” But the cops “may well have “deduced” that they might be able to make a burglary charge stick even if all they know is that they saw them running. I don’t just go along with “deducing” that the cops are undoubtedly correct. Sorry if that bothers you.
By the way, you didn’t hurt my feelings. I’m always sympathetic when people display abject stupidity and so gave you the benefit of the doubt.
Tim Scott says
Read the article yourself.
Point out where it says they were in the home. Oh, wait…you DEDUCED it from “they were arrested on suspicion of burglary.” But the cops “may well have “deduced” that they might be able to make a burglary charge stick even if all they know is that they saw them running. I don’t just go along with “deducing” that the cops are undoubtedly correct. Sorry if that bothers you.
Shane Falco says
Well, Tim…the burglary charge itself is pretty specific that the persons need to be entering or had entered the property.
You should read the actual 459 charge in the California penal code.
People are arrested based on evidence gathered at the scene, and that information is given to the DA. Suspects are not charged based on what is or isn’t in a press release or news article.
Tim Scott says
LOL…so there it is in Shane’s nutty little shell…
They got charged so they must be guilty!
No need for this “court” or “trial” nonsense…just institute the rule of the enlightened Falcos.
Peddle your megalomania elsewhere.
REALLY says
Dreazon.. and Dyjahn….WTF
a concerned mother says
So glad I’m still waiting for the phone call from Eastside about this lockdown. I’m sorry, but parents should be notified ANY time they lock students down! Even if it’s only for a few minutes, for some reason as this, I want to know that my son is locked inside his school! Glad they got the hoodrats. See, not all cops are trigger happy with black people.
TM says
Exactly!!! There are many incidents where the suspects are white or Hispanic that get shot by cops, but of course those stories are swept under the rug, and maybe if they didn’t get themselves in the situation in the first place, they would still be alive… of course it would be odd to hear for example if Asian females were getting shot by the police, but of course, they are definitely not the majority of a group that’s involved in crime or violence. People don’t look at the statistics and only go with what they see or hear with what the media puts out, very sad that we all rely on social media to tell us what the hell is going on in the world, rather than truly opening our eyes and looking ourselves……
Uh says
I listened to this this on the av scanner and these idiot ran for a good 5min before they were both detained. I thought i heard them mention a gun or a shot fired but its not mentioned here on the article. ..i to believe they should have notified all parents about the lockdown. They are just pure lazy is all..
Wow! says
Phone call? For what? Unlike children, who behave quite well under pressure such as a lock-down, parents act like a bomb just exploded in the classroom. Last time there was a lock-down at my children’s school which lasted a few hours and we got a phone call, parents ran to the office crying and a mental mess demanding to have their kids called out of class, which of course did not happen. The reality is that parents don’t always have the best common sense. Next thing we know, they’ll try to walk-in waving their 2nd amendment right with a rifle in one hand and a US birth certificate on the other!
ANNON says
Dirtbags….