BOYS FACE BURGLARY COUNTS 8 MINORS, 1 ADULT SUSPECTED IN BREAK-INS.Byline: Amy Raisin Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A man and eight minors face a total of 15 felony counts of residential burglary following a monthlong string of break-ins that netted an estimated $50,000 in stolen property, authorities said. The eight boys, ages 15 to 17, are suspected of breaking into more than a dozen homes across the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. beginning in October, gaining entry by kicking in side garage doors, said Detective Pat O'Neill Pat O'Neill may refer to: Pat O'Neill (cinema) Pat O'Neill (Dublin footballer) - former Dublin Gaelic football manager and player of the Santa Clarita sheriff's station. Andrew Haviland, 18, faces one count of conspiracy for allegedly furnishing some of the minors with information about his mother's Castaic residence, including the address, car descriptions, details of property inside the home and times when the woman and her live-in companion would be at church, authorities said. On Nov. 30, the companion of Haviland's mother surprised two burglars in his bedroom and was able to hold one of them until police arrived. That break in the case led to more arrests later that day. ``I think the last one was the only one that was really planned,'' O'Neill said of the burglaries. ``One of the kids had a two-way radio A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. , as did the getaway driver out front. But on the other burglaries, it wasn't very sophisticated. They'd knock first Knock First is a reality television series in which an adolescent is chosen for a total room makeover by the Knock First crew. The first series aired starting in the fall of 2003 on ABC Family. to see if anyone answered.'' Burglaries bearing the ``door-kick'' hallmark began in late October and were reported in Valencia, Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. , Newhall and other areas. The suspects hit as many as seven homes in one day, O'Neill said. Investigators served two search warrants and recovered computers, cameras, jewelry and other stolen property - 75 percent of which has been returned to the owners. An undetermined amount of cash and some jewelry was not found. Haviland is free on $50,000 bail while the eight boys - seven of whom live in the Santa Clarita Valley - await appearances in Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . Excluding the Nov. 30 burglary in Castaic, O'Neill said the targets of the break-ins appeared random. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com |
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