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VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two arrests were made Sunday aft a bid of conveyance thefts and burglaries occurred successful Visalia, solving 11 cases successful total, the Visalia Police Department announced.
Police accidental conscionable earlier 6:50 a.m. they responded to a stolen conveyance study successful the 5000 artifact of westbound Elkhorn Avenue. The serviceman recovered the stolen conveyance and saw Ring camera footage of the fishy walking distant wearing a disguise and hoodie.
Investigators reported further footage from Ring revealed the aforesaid 2 suspects attempting to unfastened conveyance doors successful the country and stealing items, specified arsenic recognition cards, from unlocked vehicles. Five reports of petty theft and expansive theft were made successful the greeting passim the neighborhood.
Officers accidental they were yet led to Walmart connected Mooney Boulevard astir 7:30 a.m. aft 1 of the stolen recognition cards was used. Surveillance video showed the aforesaid suspects depicted successful the earlier thefts, who were identified arsenic 19-year-old Luis Arredondo and 20-year-old Juan Rivera Mendoza.
Police study Arredondo was arrested adjacent Houston Avenue and Rinaldi Street, whereas Mendoza was aboriginal recovered and arrested astatine a location successful the 200 artifact of northwest 2nd Street. A hunt of the residence revealed a stolen firearm, an unserialized AR-15 rifle, and grounds connected to aggregate anterior conveyance burglaries.
Investigators study some suspects were yet booked connected aggregate charges, including conveyance theft, expansive theft, individuality theft, 3 counts of attempted conveyance theft, and repetition theft offenses. Mendoza had further charges related to the firearms recovered. Both suspects are documented Norteño pack members.
As a effect of the investigation, Visalia Police accidental 7 conveyance thefts and burglaries were solved, arsenic good arsenic 4 attempted conveyance thefts and a stolen conveyance recovered.
