At apartment complex; held on $240K and $315K bail for this and other crimes, both have history of arrests
By Lt. Mike Pistello, San Ramon Police Department
On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at approximately 6:49 p.m., officers from the San Ramon Police Department responded to an armed robbery at the Cobblestone Apartments, located in the 3900 block of Crow Canyon Road.
The victim reported that two male suspects, both armed with handguns, assaulted him and took items of value from his person. The victim sustained minor injuries, and the suspects fled the area in a silver sedan.
Using FLOCK technology, the suspect vehicle was identified as a 2015 Hyundai Sonata bearing California license plate 7HCL742. The vehicle information was disseminated to local law enforcement agencies.
The Hyundai was subsequently located by officers from the Oakland Police Department, resulting in a vehicle pursuit. The pursuit ended when the suspect vehicle crashed in the City of Oakland. Both suspects fled on foot but were apprehended by officers. They were identified as 22-year-old Isiah Sinclair Burns, Jr. of San Francisco and 27-year-old Joseph Vashonhenri Broussard of Oakland. During a search of the suspect vehicle, officers located a loaded firearm.
Burns and Broussard were subsequently booked into Santa Rita Jail by Oakland PD in relation to crimes committed within their jurisdiction.
San Ramon detectives responded to Oakland to process the vehicle for evidence. Ramey warrants were subsequently obtained for both suspects in connection with the armed robbery that occurred within San Ramon’s jurisdiction.
The San Ramon Police Department would like to thank the Oakland Police Department and California Highway Patrol for their assistance in this investigation.
According to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the five-foot, 11-inch tall, 198-pound Burns is Black, being held on $240,000 bail for this and other crimes and is scheduled to appear at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 21 at 9:00 p.m. in Dept. 112 for arraignment.
According to localcrimenews.com, this is his fifth arrest since 2023 by San Francisco Police and Sheriff’s Departments for multiple firearms charges and other crimes including conspiracy to commit a crime and resisting, obstructing or delaying a Peace Officer.
According to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the five-foot, eight-inch tall, 180-pound Broussard is Black, being held on $315,000 bail for this and other crimes and is also scheduled to appear at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse on Friday, Aug. 21 at 9:00 p.m. in Dept. 112 for arraignment.
According to localcrimenews.com, he has a history of five arrests dating back to 2017 by S.F. Police and Sheriff’s Departments for multiple firearms charges, plus burglary, hit-and-run resulting in injury and resisting, obstructing or delaying a Peace Officer.
This incident remains under active investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information that may assist investigators is asked to contact the San Ramon Police Department Investigations Division at (925) 973-2700.
Allen D. Payton contributed to this report.
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