{"id":394530,"date":"2026-07-11T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394530\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T07:10:10","slug":"california-men-allegedly-took-selfies-during-burglary-of-100k-in-tools-copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394530\/","title":{"rendered":"California men allegedly took selfies during burglary of $100K in tools, copper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6398327730112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FBI arrests first suspect on &#8216;most wanted fraudsters&#8217; list<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli joins &#8216;Saturday in America&#8217; to discuss the ongoing fraud crackdown and multiple arrests made on suspects who allegedly stole hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_3942271\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Two California men<\/a> accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of tools, copper wire and vehicles allegedly took pictures of themselves while committing the crimes, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_3942272\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/robbery-theft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The alleged thefts<\/a> occurred during a burglary at a business in American Canyon on July 6, according to the American Canyon Police Department.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Police said officers responded to a reported burglary in the 1100 block of Green Island Road.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_3942273\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/two-arrested-costco-alleged-fraudulent-credit-card-shopping-spree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TWO ARRESTED AT COSTCO AFTER ALLEGED FRAUDULENT CREDIT CARD SHOPPING SPREE<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lemas-tylij-burglary.jpg\" alt=\"Authorities arrested Daniel Lemas, right, and Dennis Tylij\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Authorities arrested Daniel Lemas, right, and Dennis Tylij in connection with a burglary in American Canyon that investigators said was documented with alleged selfie photographs. (American Canyon Police Department)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Investigators identified two vehicles connected to the burglary and shared the information with neighboring law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The following day, the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_3942274\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Alameda County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> stopped one of the vehicles and detained the driver, who was identified as Daniel Lemas, 53, of Hayward.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Police said evidence recovered during the investigation included selfie photographs allegedly showing Lemas committing the burglary.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_3942275\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fbi-announces-305-arrests-24-missing-children-recovered-chicago-operation-new-dawn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FBI ANNOUNCES 305 ARRESTS, 24 MISSING CHILDREN RECOVERED IN CHICAGO DURING OPERATION NEW DAWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/daniel-lemas-selfie.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Lemas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Police said this selfie photograph allegedly shows Daniel Lemas committing a burglary that resulted in more than $100,000 worth of tools, copper wire and vehicles being stolen. (American Canyon Police Department)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Lemas was arrested on charges of burglary and booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections on multiple felony charges stemming from the investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">On July 8, the Hayward Police Department stopped the second vehicle connected to the burglary and detained the driver, identified as 49-year-old Dennis Tylij of Hayward.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">After responding to the scene, American Canyon police arrested Tylij, who was booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections on a felony conspiracy charge.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/american-canyon-burglary.jpg\" alt=\"American Canyon robbery\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>American Canyon police said alleged selfie photographs taken during a burglary helped investigators identify Daniel Lemas and Dennis Tylij, who are accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of tools, copper wire and vehicles. (American Canyon Police Department)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Investigators later executed a search warrant at a home in the 3200 block of Arden Road in Hayward, where they recovered some of the stolen property.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">According to The California Post, Lemas has since posted $25,000 bail and was released from custody, while Tylij remains jailed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FBI arrests first suspect on &#8216;most wanted fraudsters&#8217; list First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,49807,3431,10625,4518],"class_list":["post-394530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cops","tag-crime-world","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-robbery-theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}