Tyrone Brennan
The man tied to the attempted theft of $5 million worth of camera equipment from a San Carlos rental business by DNA left at the scene was sentenced to three years supervised probation Wednesday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
San Francisco resident Tyrone Brennan, 30, was also ordered to enter and complete a drug treatment program at Delancey Street, where he is already enrolled.
Brennan had a prior felony strike conviction but his defense attorney had it successfully struck from consideration during sentencing.
He will be sent to state prison if he violates the terms of probation, according to prosecutors.
“As a business owner, I can tell you that break-ins like this take a financial and emotional toll on us and it’s disappointing to see that Mr. Brennan did not get a stiffer punishment,” said store owner Max Shevyakov.
Brennan entered the business in April 2013 by breaking a glass door in an adjoining business and then cleaning up pieces to remain undetected. He then used power tools to cut a hole through the common wall between the two businesses and entered Borrowlenses on the 1600 block of Industrial Road in San Carlos.
He tried cutting into a locked metal cage holding the camera equipment but fled when an alarm sounded, leaving the power tools and a welding mask behind, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The mask had Brennan’s DNA in it, however, which led to his arrest nearly a year later.
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