San Francisco, CA
Man who allegedly broke into S.F. home, robbed woman of $3 million arrested in Taiwan
San Francisco police arrested a housebreaking and kidnapping suspect in Taiwan on Monday, about six weeks after the person broke right into a Bernal Heights house and robbed a girl of thousands and thousands of {dollars}, officers mentioned.
Officers with the Police Division’s housebreaking unit traveled to Taipei and arrested Los Angeles resident Tianze Zhang, 30. Zhang had fled america after the break-in in March, triggering a weekslong manhunt involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation and worldwide regulation enforcement businesses, San Francisco police mentioned in a press release Friday.
A San Francisco County Superior Courtroom decide issued a warrant for Zhang’s arrest after he allegedly entered a house in Bernal Heights round 5:30 p.m. on March 16 and bodily restrained the resident, a girl who was house alone on the time, officers mentioned.
Zhang injured the girl when he restrained her, and he brandished a weapon, threatening to harm her additional if she didn’t comply along with his calls for, police mentioned. The girl adopted Zhang’s orders, which allowed him to switch practically $3 million out of her checking account and steal her telephones, officers mentioned.
San Francisco law enforcement officials escorted Zhang to the U.S. and he was booked into San Francisco County Jail on Friday on three felony costs: residential housebreaking, kidnapping for ransom and making terrorist threats, officers mentioned. He was held with out bail, in keeping with county data.
The March housebreaking stays below investigation. Anybody with related data was requested to contact San Francisco police detectives at 415-575-4444. Callers could stay nameless.
Andy Picon is a San Francisco Chronicle employees author. E mail: andy.picon@hearst.com Twitter: @andpicon