Serial burglar posing as food delivery man arrested in Irvine NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Investigators in Irvine arrested a Monrovia man Tuesday on suspicion of committing a series of burglaries that started back in November 2023.

Police said Marcus Allen Corner, 37, posed as a food delivery person in those burglaries while he cased homes to break into. 

His crimes are caught on several security cameras.

“In one of the videos, it’s actually a Starbucks bag with a receipt stapled on it, much like you would see if someone was carrying out to deliver it,” Kyle Oldoerp, a public information specialist with the Irvine Police Department, said. “It allows him to wander around the area, check his phone. If anyone challenges him, he’s there to do a Door Dash delivery.”

Two weeks ago, Corner broke into a condo unit at Avenue One on Scholarship near Dupont Drive, using the same technique.

“The suspect was passing by our front door at the same time I was leaving my home,” the residents who did …