A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in Saratoga observed a man hunched behind the wheel of a Honda drive slowly through a neighborhood. The patrol sergeant also noticed the driver was not wearing a seat belt. When he attempted to pull the car over, the driver accelerated and began throwing packages out the window.

The packages, which included tickets for a Disney Christmas vacation, children’s DVD movies and diamond earrings, were stolen from the same Saratoga neighborhood, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. The driver, 21-year-old Jordan DelCampo of San Jose, was arrested on suspicion of grand theft, felony possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools and possession of a controlled substance, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Rich Glennon.

DelCampo was one of six people arrested so far December by the sheriff’s office on suspicion of stealing packages in Cupertino and Saratoga, Glennon said. In each of the four separate cases, sheriff’s deputies “returned the packages to their rightful owners.”

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In one case where packages were taken from someone’s porch, deputies relied on the homeowner’s surveillance camera to identify the suspects. Deputies read the license plate numbers from the vehicle involved in the theft and eventually arrested Ronald Martinez, 44, and Dolores Mestaz, 43, both of San Jose on suspicion of package theft. Deputies recovered about 10 packages containing mostly

children’s books and children’s clothing, Glennon said.

On Dec. 14, the sheriff’s office received a call regarding the break-in at a Cupertino UPS storage facility, Glennon said. When deputies arrived, two men suspected of the break-in parked their car and walked away. When the deputy approached, both men “took off running,” Glennon said.

One of the men, 34-year-old James Maybin of Boulder Creek, was located at the Peninsula Bible Church on North Blaney Avenue, Glennon said. The vehicle, which was stolen from a rental car company, was “completely full of stolen packages,” according to sheriff’s office.

The packages were returned to UPS.

In a fourth case, Amanda Matsuo, 23, of San Jose and Marcos Cruz, 26, of Sacramento were discovered to be in possession of various stolen packages, including women’s clothing and construction equipment, according to the sheriff’s office.

Anyone with information on any package theft cases please contact the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division at 408-808-4500 or the anonymous tip line at 408-808-4431.

If you see someone casing your neighborhood, report suspicious activity to the Sheriff’s Office dispatch line at 408-299-2311.