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Dec 4, 2008 4:17 pm US/Pacific

SFO Security Guard Pleads Not Guilty To Break-Ins

A parking garage security guard at San Francisco International Airport pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Mateo County Superior Court to allegedly burglarizing vehicles parked in the lot, a deputy district attorney said.

Andrew Kenneth Ridley, 24, was taken into custody Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant at his Daly City home.

He is charged with two counts of auto burglary, two counts of grand theft, possession of a switchblade knife and possession of burglary tools, Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

The arrest came at the end of a three-week investigation by San Mateo County sheriff's detectives and the San Francisco Police Department's airport bureau.

Sheriff's Sgt. Wesley Matsuura said authorities were notified by New South Parking, the company that operates the airport's parking garages, that they had learned one of the guards at the lot had been stealing from cars.

Matsuura said the burglaries occurred at multiple lots including Lot DD, the airport's long-term parking lot. He said investigators know of at least three specific burglaries but said there may have been more.

The search of Ridley's home yielded allegedly stolen items including laptops, BlackBerrys, GPS devices, cell phones and backpacks, Matsuura said.

Judge James Ellis appointed Ridley to the county's private defender program to retain council and set his bail at $75,000, Wagstaffe said.

Ridley is due to appear in court again for a preliminary hearing Dec. 15, Wagstaffe said.

Investigators are still trying to locate the owners of some the items. Anyone who may have been a victim of such a burglary is asked to call the sheriff's office at (650) 821-6200.