By Art Campos - sacbee.com
A man selling magazines door-to-door in Roseville was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into a home and stealing video game equipment, coins and jewelry, police reported.
The 20-year-old man was part of a legitimate campaign in which young men sell magazines in residential neighborhoods, but he apparently gave in to temptation when he came upon on house in which no one was home, said police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther.
The incident was reported at 5:25 p.m. in the 1900 block of Sidesaddle Way after a woman returned home and found the house burglarized, Gunther said. The thief had broken a rear window to gain entry, she said.
A next-door neighbor provided police with a description of a magazine solicitor who had come to her door earlier, Gunther said.
Police learned that several door-to-door solicitors with legal business licenses were in the area and that a van would be picking them up shortly, Gunther said.
When officers located the van, they found that one of the men inside matched the description given by the burglary victim's neighbor, she said. The man also had the stolen items in his possession, she said.
Arrested on suspicion of burglary and providing a false name was Jonothan Pelaske, 20, who gave no permanent address. He also was wanted on two warrants by the Redding Police Department for failure to appear in court, Gunther said.
Pelaske is being held in the Placer County jail on $40,000 bail, she said.
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