Report Of Suspicious Person At Pleasanton Park Leads To Arrest Of Man For Identity Theft

PLEASANTON (CBS SF) -- Pleasanton police on Wednesday arrested a Manteca resident after officers responded to a report of a suspicious person at a community park.

Andrew Jonathan Hardy, 35, was arrested on suspicion of identity theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, providing false information to a police officer and possession of stolen property.

Officers responded to the Aquatic Park on Black Avenue after receiving a report of a suspicious person and vehicle parked in the playground/picnic area, police said.

Police said Hardy initially gave officers false identifying information.

Hardy was found in possession of a stolen laptop, drug paraphernalia, various forms of identification from more than a dozen people and credit cards and financial documents that were not in his name, police said.

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