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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Bay Area pistillate was arrested aft she told deputies that her van with $60,000 worthy of merchandise wrong had been stolen astatine knifepoint successful Madera County, lone to find retired that the full incidental had been staged arsenic security fraud, according to the Madera County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies accidental 57-year-old Martha Gutierrez DeRomero, from Vallejo, had called 911 to study her van had been stolen astatine Avenue 21 and Road 26 successful Madera County. She told responding deputies that she was driving her achromatic Chevrolet van to a swap conscionable erstwhile 2 masked men approached her and took the van astatine weapon point.
She reported that the van contained $60,000 worthy of merchandise, including fittingness clothing, waist trainers, and supplements. A statement of the van was circulated, and deputies successful neighboring Merced County located the van connected Sandy Mush Road.
Investigators aboriginal reported that the incidental was staged arsenic portion of an security fraud strategy aft the stolen merchandise was recovered successful a retention installation successful Merced.
Merchandise was recovered aft deputies investigated what was initially reported arsenic a carjacking.Both DeRomero and her boyfriend, 57-year-old Alfredo Delezma of Madera, were arrested and booked into Madera County Jail.
Deputies accidental DeRemero was arrested and charged of felony security fraud, conspiracy, and filing a mendacious constabulary report; Delezma volition besides perchance look charges for security fraud and conspiracy.
