FOUR ARRESTED IN STRING OF HOLIDAY BURGLARIES AT MALLS, GARAGES.Byline: Daily News Two men and two women have been arrested in dozens of burglaries in 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. and Ventura counties in which the thieves broke into unlocked vehicles at shopping centers or residential garages. Detectives from the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Police Department announced the arrests Friday as they concluded a four-month investigation into the burglaries that stretched from the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Santa Clarita valleys to Ventura. ``We're calling this Operation Grinch,'' said Capt. Gary Pentis, adding that the thefts occurred between August to early December, when the thieves took holiday gifts from people's cars. ``They were very active thieves, active five or six nights a week, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. cars in residential garages and shopping centers,'' Pentis said. ``A lot of what they took was high-quality electronic equipment, computers and cameras.'' Thousand Oaks police received help from other law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , including the Los Angeles police and sheriff's departments. Detective Allen Devers of the Thousand Oaks Police Department said although the thieves would look for unlocked vehicles, they would sometimes break windows if they saw something valuable inside. The four suspects were identified as Roger Sciacca, 27, of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. ; Richard Naranjo, 33, a transient; Erin Carrell car·rel also car·rell n. A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for private study. [Middle English carole, round dance ring, circle, stall for study , 18, of Northridge; and Erin Szabo, 25, of Moorpark. Police said they were arrested Dec. 12 and 13 on suspicion of possessing stolen merchandise. Naranjo and Sciacca were being held without bail, and bail for the two women was set at $10,000 each. Investigators said they had connected the stolen property to 40 burglaries and the number might go much higher. Police have already been able to return many of the stolen items and as many as 100 victims have come to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department's East Valley station to try to locate their property. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: In the Thousand Oaks Police Department property room lies loot taken in burglaries in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. |
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