Suspect arrested in rash of auto burglaries in S.F. Marina District

Edwin Tobie, 22, was arrested this week on suspicion of committing a series of auto burglaries in San Francisco’s Marina District after police served a search warrant on a Glen Park District home and seized stolen goods, including a Smith and Wesson handgun. less Edwin Tobie, 22, was arrested this week on suspicion of committing a series of auto burglaries in San Francisco’s Marina District after police served a search warrant on a Glen Park District home and seized ... more Photo: San Francisco Police Department Photo: San Francisco Police Department Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Suspect arrested in rash of auto burglaries in S.F. Marina District 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A suspected serial burglar was busted in connection with a string of recent car break-ins that have plagued residents of San Francisco’s Marina District, police said Friday.

Edwin Tobie, 22, was arrested Tuesday after police served a search warrant on a residence in the city’s Glen Park District and seized a stash of stolen property, including a Smith and Wesson handgun, officials said.

Tobie’s arrest stemmed from an investigation by the San Francisco Police Department’s Northern Station Street Crimes Unit, its Special Investigations Division and Tactical Unit, said police Chief Greg Suhr.

Suhr commended investigators “for their diligent work in taking both a convicted felon and a firearm off our streets.”

Besides the stolen gun, investigators seized $13,000 in cash and foreign currency from the Glen Park home, as well as burglary tools, police said.

Tobie, suspected of being affiliated with a San Francisco gang, was book on multiple counts of auto burglary, possession of stolen property and weapons violations, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm while on probation.

“San Francisco’s finest work every day to both prevent and solve crimes and this case serves as a reminder to all of us not to leave valuables in parked vehicles,” Suhr said.

Bill Hutchinson is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: bhutchinson@sfchronicle.com Twitter: Bill_Hutchinson