Intruder Drinking Wine Arrested in Palo Alto

A Palo Alto homeowner in his 70s returned around 12:23 p.m. Sunday to his home on the 2600 block of Bryant Street and found an intruder sitting at the kitchen table drinking his wine. The resident told the person to leave, called police after the intruder exited, and reported that the house had been rummaged through. Officers searched the neighborhood and detained 31-year-old Sabina Blanco of San Francisco without incident. Blanco was booked into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of felony residential burglary, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor battery on a police officer for allegedly spitting at an officer; jail records indicate Blanco was being held at Elmwood on $61,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. Police asked anyone with information to call the Palo Alto Police Department at (650) 329-2413 or submit anonymous tips via text, voicemail or the TipNow app.