Updated: Burglary Suspects Arrested, Identified as Pasadena Residents

Update at 5:49 p.m. : The three burglary suspects now in custody have been identified as Pasadena residents. The first suspect apprehended was Miesha Smiley, a 23-year-old female who was the burglars' driver, according to Sergeant George Jamgotchian of the San Gabriel Police Department. Smiley was arrested in the 400 block of North Mission, just south of Roses Road in the city of San Gabriel.

Jamgotchian identifies the other two suspects, males, as Leldon Caldwell, 23, who was arrested at Shenandoah and Oak Grove in San Marino, and Steve Pike, 19, who was arrested at Lombardy Road and Sierra Bonita Avenue in San Marino. 

All three are being charged with burglary.

San Marino Police Department Lieutenant Steve Johnson released further details about the day's events in a press release this evening:

At about 8:05 a.m. this morning the San Marino Police Departmnent received a call from the San Gabriel Police Department about a burglary that occured in San Gabriel.

"The suspect was described as an African-American male, who was wearing a black colored sweatshirt and short pants," said Johnson.

The suspect ran northbound and entered Valentine Elementary School, where officers arrived shortly after and the school was placed on lockdown. A second black male ran onto Valentine grounds shortly after.

Update at 4:15 p.m.: According to San Marino Police Lieutenant Steve Johnson, who spoke to San Marino Patch, the first burglary suspect, a male, was apprehended by San Marino Police at Shenandoah Road and Oak Grove Avenue, not Lacy Park, as previously reported.

The second suspect, also a male, was apprehended near Lombardy Road and Sierra Bonita Avenue in San Marino. The third suspect, a female who was the driver for the two burglars, was apprehended at an unknown location.

Johnson is unaware of which police department arrested the last two suspects since police from Pasadena, San Gabriel and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Station were also involved in the search. He is unaware of the the suspects' identities at this time since the San Gabriel Police Department now has the suspects in custody because the burglary occured in San Gabriel.

Update at 2:31 p.m.: The remaining suspect has been apprehended as well as a third suspect, the driver of the two suspected burglars. More details to follow.

Original story posted at 11:45 a.m.:

At about 8:30 a.m., after reports of two suspected burglars running through , the San Marino Police Department directed Valentine and to lockdown their campuses, according to San Marino Police Chief John Schaefer, who spoke with San Marino Patch at about 10:45 a.m.

Schaefer said he believed there were two suspects, though the sent out an e-mail message this morning that mentioned a "suspicious character," possibly implying one suspect.

The suspects had allegedly just committed burglary in nearby San Gabriel and were fleeing on foot when they ran through the Valentine campus this morning.

When the suspects headed northbound to Lacy Park at about 8:50 a.m. the lockdown was lifted.

"We had an officer pick up both suspects on foot near Lacy Park and they fled on foot but we were able to take one in custody," said Schaefer. "The outstanding supect continued northbound to the residential area long the Pasadena border just north of the Huntington Library."

Police are conducting a house search for the suspect. The SMPD sent out a message through e-mail and telephone this morning notifying residents between San Marino Avenue and Rosalind Road to stay in their houses and lock their doors because police were searching for a burglary suspect in the area.

"As we speak there are actually officers from San Gabriel and San Marino along with, I believe, Pasadena's helicopter and Pasadena cops looking for this suspect," said Schaefer.

The outstanding suspect is described as a black male last seen wearing a gray shirt and jeans, according to Schaefer.

San Marino Patch will update this story as more details become available.