14-year-old arrested twice in Tulare, Kern counties car crash burglaries

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 14-year-old was arrested doubly and different suspects are sought aft a drawstring of burglaries successful Tulare County took spot implicit the past 2 months, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced.

Deputies accidental successful the aboriginal greeting hours of July 30, they responded to the AKal Travel Plaza successful Delano, La Princesa Bakery successful Richgrove, and Cesi’s Cafe successful Alpaugh for a drawstring of burglaries.

Investigators determined 4 suspects wearing masks, 1 of which was equipped with a handgun, stole vehicles and crashed them into 3 antithetic businesses. Suspects past stole currency and items earlier ditching the vehicles successful Kern County. Authorities recovered them wholly burned.

During their investigation, detectives accidental they arrested 20-year-old Dencio Cantorna Jr. of Delano and a 14-year-old Delano lad successful transportation with the burglaries. The lad was yet released to the custody of his parent from the Tulare County Juvenile Detention Facility.

Almost a period aboriginal connected Wednesday, deputies were called to a burglar alarm astatine the Tipton Dollar General. While investigating this incidental they received a 2nd telephone for a burglar alarm astatine a Valero successful Earlimart.

Both locations had akin harm and upon reviewing some surveillance feeds, investigators accidental 2 suspects were seen astatine each location, rummaging done some stores looking for cash. Suspects were capable to get distant with a ample sum of currency during this 2nd transgression spree.

Detectives yet identified the operator of the stolen vehicles utilized to ram done the doors arsenic the aforesaid 14-year-old Delano lad who was initially arrested successful July. He was yet located and arrested nether suspicion of burglary, conspiracy, conveyance theft, and arson.

While deputies person made an arrest, they accidental the different suspects progressive successful these burglaries are inactive astatine large. Anyone with immoderate accusation regarding this lawsuit is asked to interaction Sergeant John Nicholson oregon Detective Adam Muller with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office astatine 559-733-6218.