Salinas man pleads guilty to home burglary charges

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) A man who pleaded guilty to home burglary charges is facing more than 13 years in prison.

35-year-old Robert Dee Davis pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree residential burglary, one count of vehicle theft and one count of grand theft. He also had a previous strike conviction from a 2013 home burglary in Santa Cruz County.

Investigators said Davis was caught on camera breaking into a Salinas home by prying the door open with a crowbar in July 2018. They said he burglarized a detached shed on the property too and stole more than $16,000 in cash, jewelry and tools. Davis was also driving a stolen vehicle, and it was later found bleached and stripped in a ravine.

The next month, investigators said Davis broke into another Salinas home and stole more than $10,000 in jewelry, electronics and other property.

Three days after the second burglary, investigators said he broke into an unlocked vehicle in Carmel Valley and stole electronics, debit cards and credit cards, which he used to steal at several places with video surveillance.

On September 1, 2018, Davis was arrested by CHP, and officers said he had stolen property in his vehicle.

Davis' sentencing is set for May, and he is facing 13 years and 4 months in state prison.