BURGLARY RING SUSPECTS HELD THEFTS ALLEGEDLY FED DRUG ADDICTIONS.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer Five burglary suspects were in custody Monday, accused of stealing up to $200,000 worth of computer and medical equipment from northwest San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. businesses and schools, officials said. The suspects, who operated out of Granada Hills to fuel their reported methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. habits, were being held at Valley jails on suspicion of receiving stolen property, police said. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police and school detectives from a special problems unit seized up to 300 stolen items stashed at five locations, including at least one storage unit. Police credited a video surveillance camera as a key to cracking the case. ``It all snapped into focus,'' said Detective Ed Dorroh of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division. The first break-in was recorded in June at a medical office in Granada Hills. In August, the burglary suspects allegedly broke into Haskell Avenue Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Granada Hills. ``They were taking these kids' tools that they need to learn,'' said Dorroh. ``My wife's a schoolteacher. So for me, it's personal.'' The suspects were identified as Brian Mosley, 38, a transient; brothers Eric Houser, 23, and Kevin Houser Kevin J. Houser (born August 23, 1977 in Westlake, Ohio) is an American football Long snapper/fullback for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. High School Years Houser attended Westlake High School in Westlake, Ohio, where he was a standout in football, basketball, and , 26, of Granada Hills; Carlos Martinez, 38, of Granada Hills; and Steve Palmer Stephen L Palmer (born Brighton Suffolk 31 March 1968) was a footballer who played in England in the 1980s and 1990s with Ipswich Town, Watford FC and QPR. Steve signed for QPR from Watford in July 2001 and made his debut in August of that year in the 1-0 win against Stoke Small, 45, of Lancaster. Their bail amounts ranged from $32,000 to no bail for Martinez, who was held because of an invalid tourist visa. Jason Kandel, (818) 713-3664 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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