CRIME HOTLINE MAKING IMPACT : CALLS HELP END BURGLARY RING.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley sheriff's crime tip hotline, not yet 3 months old, yielded information that led to the breakup breakup The division of a company into separate parts. The most famous breakup to date was the 1984 division of AT&T (formerly, American Telephone & Telegraph Company). This breakup was intended to increase competition in the communications industry. of a major burglary ring, officials said Wednesday. Combining two anonymous tips and investigative work done by the Lancaster Gang Detail, sheriff's officials said they were able to make 10 arrests, recover more than $10,000 in stolen merchandise and solve more than 39 burglaries. ``It's nice to bring about something that the community was involved in,'' said Lancaster sheriff's station Capt. Michael Aranda. ``This is old-fashioned police work.'' Sheriff's officials said the arrests came after an anonymous caller said that new residents in the 4400 block of 10th Street East were walking up and down the street yelling their gang names, intimidating people and drinking in the streets. The caller also said the group hung around El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. Park causing problems there. On patrol, deputies spotted the teen-age suspects drinking at the park Feb. 28. Two of the youths had a camcorder and a telephone with an answer machine. Deputies arrested Oscar Coronel, 18, and a 16-year-old boy, both of Lancaster, on suspicion of receiving stolen property, citing reasonable cause that a crime had occurred. ``The deputies didn't know the two had been involved with burglaries,'' Ruble said. ``But they made a reasonable cause arrest because of the dollar value of the items.'' After those arrests deputies began compiling information and reports, and by the end of the week they arrested two more teens, a boy and a girl. Soon, the four admitted to several burglaries. ``At first we thought they may have been responsible for three or four burglaries, but then they started showing us around,'' Ruble said. ``They said they weren't sure of exactly how many they had because they had gone to so many.'' The four showed deputies homes they had targeted and they identified other gang members and areas they congregate con·gre·gate tr. & intr.v. con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing, con·gre·gates To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather. adj. 1. Gathered; assembled. 2. . By March 28, six more suspects had been arrested and deputies had identified two others. ``This case worked out really well,'' Deputy Brad Foss said. ``We encourage people to call.'' An earlier crime tip resulted in four arrests on a similar case as 15 burglary, robbery and grand-theft auto cases were solved, Foss said. ``Sometimes it's few and far between but it's cases like these where it makes the difference,'' Foss said. Since the hotline (948-COPS) was initiated Jan. 13, officials have received 152 tips reporting anything from narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. activity to barking dogs
Other arrests include: Robert James Robert Sallee James (17 July, 1818 - 18 August, 1850) was a pastor and father of four children including the James outlaws... Frank and Beans a.k.a. The James Brothers. Born in Logan County, Kentucky, U.S. he met Zeralda Cole they married on 28 December, 1841. , on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , following a tip on Jan. 29; Robert Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color only in AV edition) Antelope Valley sheriff's Deputies Brad Foss, left, and Erik Ruble survey recovered stolen property. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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