MENLO PARK — A FedEx delivery driver — who is also a convicted felon — was arrested on suspicion of burglarizing homes in Menlo Park and Atherton while on the job, according to police.
Kevin Baker, 57, of Hayward, was taken into custody Tuesday by Menlo Park police and booked into San Mateo County jail on three counts of residential burglary. He is suspected of burglarizing one home in Menlo Park and two homes in Atherton while performing his duties as a FedEX contract employee.
Police credit the arrest to a collaborative investigative effort by the Atherton and Menlo Park police department and FedEx security personnel.
“FedEx Ground contracts for, and expects the highest levels of conduct from service providers and their employees,” FedEx spokeswoman Meredith Heighington Miller said in an e-mailed statement. “We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they conduct their investigation and will take the appropriate steps to address this matter.”
In the Menlo Park burglary, which occurred on May 17 in the 1100 block of Trinity Drive at about 7 p.m., Baker delivered a package to the residence, according to police spokeswoman Nicole Acker. However, the home had a surveillance camera, and captured the FedEx truck at the residence “for an extended amount of time.”
Police say Baker went inside the home through an unlocked door and stole two Apple iPad tablets.
“They did get a box delivered,” Acker said. “He also went into the house and took the iPads.”
The first Atherton burglary occurred on May 3 on Orchard Hills Drive at about 1:30 p.m., and the second occurred on May 5 in the 200 block of Park Lane at approximately 1:20 p.m. In both Atherton burglaries, the homeowners captures the burglar on surveillance video, images police used to identify Baker, Acker said.
Baker is a convicted felon who has a history of committing various theft related offenses, according to police.
