Palo Alto home burglary victim finds suspect drinking a glass of wine at his kitchen table, police say

A Palo Alto resident returned home over the weekend to find a burglar sitting at his kitchen table indulging in a glass of wine, police said.

The incident happened at about noon on Sunday at a home on Bryant Street south of Oregon Avenue in the city's Midtown neighborhood. The Palo Alto Police Department said in a press release that the resident, a man in his 70s, left his home in the morning and when he returned home, he found an intruder sitting in the kitchen and drinking his wine.

The man told the suspect to leave, and after the suspect left, the resident called police to report the incident. The resident also reported that his house had been rummaged through. Officers arrived and searched the neighborhood, finding and detaining the suspect without incident, police said.

Sabina Blan