Women Interrupt Calistoga Home Burglary
CALISTOGA (BCN) - Three women staying at a Napa County home near Calistoga interrupted a man burglarizing the residence Thursday night and were held against their will inside the home, according to the Napa County Sheriff's Office.
The women arrived at the home in the 3000 block of Myrtledale Road near Calistoga's northern edge sometime around 8 p.m. and found a man rooting through the home, sheriff's Sgt. Doug Pace said.
When confronted, the man told the women that he had a gun. Pace said that the suspect never displayed the weapon to the women, and instead concealed his hand in his sweatshirt pocket.
The suspect then held the women against their will and threatened to steal a car, Pace said.
One of the women escaped from the home, and the other two victims were able to safely barricade themselves inside a room. All three women contacted the sheriff's office, Pace said, with the initial call received at 8:15 p.m.
Deputies and a SWAT team created a perimeter around the home, but Pace said the suspect apparently slipped out of the home before they arrived. Although a sheriff's K-9 picked up the suspect's scent, the dog lost the man's trail about one-quarter of a mile from the home.
No arrests have been made, and the burglary is still under investigation, Pace said.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, possibly in his 20s, who was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans.
