Parolee Arrested on Suspicion of Hot Prowl Burglaries of Moraga Homes

Back in January, we wrote about a series of unnerving "" burglaries in which homes were entered and robbed while the occupants were asleep inside. On Friday, Moraga police announced that an arrest had been made in connection with the burglaries.

Joran Taylor Furst, 24, an aspiring rapper from Pacheco, was arrested April 1, just hours after a felony warrant charging three counts of first degree burglary, one count of petty theft with prior convictions and one count of possessing stolen property was issued for him. Bail on the warrant was set at $400,000.

Furst was arrested in Pittsburg after an unrelated contact by detectives from the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.

In January, three homes were entered and additional thefts from vehicles discovered in a neighborhood across from . Moraga police located a parked vehicle on Natalie Drive that contained stolen property and, after an area search, additional loot was found on a nearby hillside.

Moraga police learned that the suspect entered three homes while the residents were asleep and took their property. The parked car, as it turned out, was registered to Furst, who initially told police that his car had been stolen.