Oakland squatter accused of stealing mayor Barbara Lee’s SUV from City Hall is a Catholic school teacher

Oakland police arrested a 29-year-old man who beforehand labored as a Catholic college instructor for allegedly squatting out at Metropolis Corridor for a number of days earlier than stealing Mayor Barbara Lee’s SUV, in accordance with authorities and a supply with information of the arrest.

The suspect was recognized early Friday as Logan Inform DeSilva, a 29-year-old man who allegedly averted detection at Metropolis Corridor for a number of days over the Presidents’ Day weekend earlier than carjacking the mayor’s city-owned Ford Expedition. The car was recovered Tuesday afternoon hours after it was discovered lacking.

Alameda County Jail data observe that DeSilva was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin early Friday on suspicion of felony counts of housebreaking and car theft, together with associated counts of vandalism and contempt of courtroom. 

KTVU was first to report DeSilva’s arrest, which The Publish confirmed with a supply.

DeSilva is being held with out bail and his arraignment is scheduled for Monday morning at Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.

DeSilva’s LinkedIn profile lists him as a faculty instructor at North Hills Christian Faculty, however an administrator on the college instructed The Publish that DeSilva hasn’t been employed on the college for a minimum of two years.

“Oh my goodness,” the college official mentioned when knowledgeable that DeSilva had been arrested for allegedly stealing the mayor’s car. 

DeSilva apparently labored as a PE instructor and his mom continues to work for the college.

North Hills’ web site notes the Christian college’s mission is to “Love God. Serve Others. Change the World.”

Police say the weird crimes unfolded over President’s Day weekend, when Metropolis Corridor was empty and flippantly guarded. 

Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators reveals the suspect slipping into the civic middle final Friday, apparently discovering a spot to lie low on one of many higher flooring as safety died down in the course of the lengthy vacation stretch, in accordance with a supply.

The suspect allegedly “jimmied” the door to Lee’s workplace on Monday and made off with Lee’s SUV utilizing an unsecured car parking zone entrance.

Officers within the mayor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

A Substack put up from 2024 that seems to have been penned by DeSilva to use for North Hills’ college superintendent, place paints an image of a younger man who’d gone via a tough patch.

“Upon my return virtually two years in the past from a 3-year hiatus from dwelling in Vallejo, I used to be a damaged younger man,” the put up states. “Every part I had been taught had crumbled, all of my earthly abilities faltering as impotent earlier than circumstances ordained by Our Maker; my religion held on by the only thread of Jesus Christ having existed being an undeniable fact.”