A man and a woman were arrested for breaking into an El Cajon home while a family was there Sunday morning, the department announced Monday.

Sara Stewart, 63, and James Dattolico, 41, both of El Cajon, face charges of first-degree burglary and Dattolico faces an additional charge of vehicle theft in connection with the break-in at a home in the 1300 block of East Madison Avenue, near Second Street, at 9:14 a.m. Sunday.

The burglary was in progress—and the family was inside—when El Cajon police were called, Lt. Brandon Stanley said. The suspects took off before police arrived, one in the family's stolen SUV.

Officers obtained video footage from an automatic license plate reader of the suspects leaving the residence and arrested Stewart a short distance away. Stanley said the technology a

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