A homeless man has been identified as a suspect in the burglary of the campaign office of Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) that took place earlier this week.
The man was already in custody for an unrelated separate burglary and identified from surveillance footage taken at Hobbs's headquarters shortly after the robbery, according to the Phoenix Police Department. The suspect was about to be released, but the discovery resulted in his rearrest. The man appears to have no connection with the campaign of Hobbs's opponent, Republican Kari Lake, whom she had accused of ginning up"threats" against her team following the break-in.
Lake decried the accusations as absurd, going so far as to call it"Jussie Smollett part two," and accused Hobbs and the media of using it as an excuse to distract from new polling showing the former television news anchor at an 11-point lead.Dos Reis was booked on one count of third-degree burglary. He was in possession of some items stolen from others at the time of his arrest, which were promptly returned, police said.