Video: Calif. Police Nab Break-In Suspects Accused of Holding Family at Gunpoint

Investigators are looking into whether four suspects apprehended by Modesto police are connected to an attempted home invasion in Union City that was foiled when a girl alerted her parents.

Joe Vince

Oct. 31, 2025

2 min read

What to know

Modesto police arrested four suspects Saturday after they allegedly held a family at gunpoint during an attempted home invasion.
Officers pursued the suspects, ages 14 to 22, until their vehicle crashed, and multiple firearms were recovered at the scene.
Investigators are trying to determine if the group was also involved in a similar Union City incident a day earlier.

California police apprehended four suspects who are accused of holding a family at gunpoint during a break-in over the weekend, and investigators are looking into whether they were responsible for an attempted home invasion in another city the previous day.

The incident happened just before 4:30 p.m. Saturday when Modesto police began chasing suspects after they allegedly held a gun on a family in an attempted home invasion, SFGate reports. Dashboard and body camera footage of the response shows police pursuing the suspects before their vehicle crashed.

Benjamin Vazquez, 22, was taken into custody, along with three male teenagers, ranging in age from 14 to 17, the department stated in a social media post. Multiple firearms were recovered from the scene, according to police.

Police are investigating whether the four suspects were involved in a similar incident on Oct. 24.

"The group is also suspected of involvement in a Union City home invasion, where the same vehicle was seen in a social media video," police stated.

In that case, masked suspects allegedly approached a girl as she was outside her home. The girl rushed inside and told her parents to call police. The suspects fled when the residents confronted them.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.