Oakland police arrested a 29-year-old man who beforehand labored as a Catholic college trainer for allegedly squatting out at Metropolis Corridor for a number of days earlier than stealing Mayor Barbara Lee’s SUV, based on authorities and a supply with data of the arrest.
The suspect was recognized early Friday as Logan Inform DeSilva, a 29-year-old man who allegedly prevented detection at Metropolis Corridor for a number of days over the Presidents’ Day weekend earlier than carjacking the mayor’s city-owned Ford Expedition. The car was recovered Tuesday afternoon hours after it was discovered lacking.
Alameda County Jail information word that DeSilva was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin early Friday on suspicion of felony counts of housebreaking and car theft, together with associated counts of vandalism and contempt of court docket.
KTVU was first to report DeSilva’s arrest, which The Put up confirmed with a supply.
DeSilva is being held with out bail and his arraignment is scheduled for Monday morning at Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
DeSilva’s LinkedIn profile lists him as a college trainer at North Hills Christian College, however an administrator on the college advised The Put up that DeSilva hasn’t been employed on the college for at the very least two years.
“Oh my goodness,” the varsity official stated when knowledgeable that DeSilva had been arrested for allegedly stealing the mayor’s car.
DeSilva apparently labored as a PE trainer and his mom continues to work for the varsity.
North Hills’ web site notes the Christian college’s mission is to “Love God. Serve Others. Change the World.”
Police say the weird crimes unfolded over President’s Day weekend, when Metropolis Corridor was empty and flippantly guarded.
Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators reveals the suspect slipping into the civic middle final Friday, apparently discovering a spot to lie low on one of many higher flooring as safety died down throughout the lengthy vacation stretch, based on a supply.
The suspect allegedly “jimmied” the door to Lee’s workplace on Monday and made off with Lee’s SUV utilizing an unsecured parking zone entrance.
Officers within the mayor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
A Substack publish from 2024 that seems to have been penned by DeSilva to use for North Hills’ college superintendent, place paints an image of a younger man who’d gone by way of a tough patch.
“Upon my return nearly two years in the past from a 3-year hiatus from dwelling in Vallejo, I used to be a damaged younger man,” the publish states. “All the things I had been taught had crumbled, all of my earthly abilities faltering as impotent earlier than circumstances ordained by Our Maker; my religion held on by the only thread of Jesus Christ having existed being an undeniable fact.”
