A man charged with breaking into two neighbors' homes in Rancho Penasquitos and threatening to stab some of the victims was sentenced in court Monday, confirmed the San Diego District Attorney's Office.
Jonathan Romero Miranda, age 34, was convicted of a residential burglary with a "hot prowl" allegation and received a sentence of four years in State Prison, according to the DA.
He plead not guilty to two counts of hot prowl residential burglary, one count of attempted robbery in an inhabited dwelling, one count of criminal threats and one misdemeanor count of resisting a peace officer.
Miranda faced a maximum sentence of nine years for six felony counts and six months for the misdemeanor.
The first incident was reported on Del Diablo Lane in a neighborhood west of Interstate 15 on Mar. 14.
A mother and her daughter left their garage door open after they returned home and went upstairs. When they came downstairs, they saw the man climbing through a window on the first floor, said police.
They yelled at the man and returned upstairs to call 911. He left the home with a stolen laptop through the garage and closed the door behind him.
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Then, he went through the broken garage window of another home, less than half a mile away near Penasquitos Drive and Del Diablo way, San Diego police said.
He allegedly threatened to stab the victims but left without money or stolen items, police said. The man was soon taken into custody after that.
