The Grass Valley Police Department says it doesn’t normally handle more than a handful of burglary incidents a year. And Lieutenant Brian Blakemore says to get a report of an attempt during daytime hours is even more rare. He says employees were opening up their salon business, Tuesday morning, on Bank Street, when they found 26-year-old Raymond Picard inside. Picard, whom Blakemore says was homeless, had managed to pry open the front door…

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And Blakemore says it appears that this was not an isolated burglary attempt for Picard…

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Blakemore says the District Attorney’s Office is reviewing whether it has sufficient evidence to charge Picard with other break-in attempts. But right now, he’s charged with one felony count of burglary. Blakemore says he’s also charged with felony vandalism, since damage to the salon was more than 400 dollars.