He dragged into the corridors and strolled on the campuses of primary school in northern California, is apparently not afraid of being noticed.
When an administrator asked him, the man would say that he was looking for a teacher or a student to disconcert the inquisitor. But, according to the authorities, he was really looking for handbags and unattended wallets belonging to unlimited staff.
The Sheriff’s Bureau of the Comté de Marin alleges Christopher Britton, of Fairfield, robbed classrooms in several schools in February, making credit cards and collecting thousands of dollars in unauthorized purchases.
Britton, 34, was arrested on Friday morning in a Fairfield residence by a multi-comedy working group which included the police services in Vacaville, Lafayette and Danville, the Dublin police services and the Sheriff’s office.
Britton was accused of burglary, second -degree burglary, and the use of a credit and information card without consent, all crimes and a pair of crimes to obtain credit using the identification of someone else, according to the judicial archives.
“His MO was to target elementary schools at the end of the afternoon at the time when students and staff are on campus, but during meetings or programs after school,” said deputy Stephanie Ware, spokesperson for the Sharian Sheriff.
Ware said that three public elementary schools in the high -end suburbs of San Rafael have been robbed: Lucas Valley, Mary Silveira and Venetia Valley.
From these schools, 10 teachers were destroyed at around $ 7,000 in credit card costs, Ware said.
Authorities are not sure of the total number of schools that Britton may have reached, said Ware, adding that investigators suspect that there are victims in sailor counties, Contra Costa and Alameda.
The first incident was reported on February 12 in Mary Silveira. The three schools were affected in February. It is not clear how the authorities connected Britton to burglaries.
Ware described Lucas Valley and Mary Silveira as “fairly open campus” that lacked doors that could discourage strangers from walking around.
Sheriff managers allege that Britton would wait for assemblies or other activities to sneak into unlocked classrooms where teachers left personal objects.
He would limit the pilot to one to two cards, the authorities said, leaving money and other valuables without being disturbed so as not to arouse suspicion.
Once far from the campus, he would use the cards to buy goods, according to the authorities.
Ware said that some victims did not realize that they had been scammed, in some cases for weeks, until they looked for a specific credit card or verified bank statements.
“People keep several credit cards, so it’s not surprising,” said Ware.
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