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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Three radical were arrested aft being accused of stealing Valencia oranges from an orchard successful Tulare County connected Monday, the sheriff's bureau said. Deputies said 2 others were besides arrested for loading the stolen oranges into a motortruck bed.
Deputies study the 3 radical arrested and accused of stealing the oranges are 46-year-old Urbano Cabrera, 51-year-old Blas Mallan and a 17-year-old. The 2 others who were arrested were 30-year-old Rofino Conteras Catarino and 22-year-old Jose Catarino.
Just earlier 4:15 p.m. connected Monday, deputies were called to the orangish groves adjacent Avenue 228 and Road 203 for a study of idiosyncratic stealing Valencia oranges.
Deputies followed tracks from the orchard to a location successful the 20200 artifact of Avenue 228 successful Lindsay, wherever they detained the suspects. Detectives served a hunt warrant astatine the location and recovered grounds related to the theft.
During a tract show-up, witnesses identified 3 of the suspects. Investigators accidental they besides learned that 2 others drove up successful a Chevrolet Silverado and began loading the stolen fruit.
The unfortunate identified the oranges arsenic the aforesaid size, assortment and ripeness arsenic those stolen from his orchard. Deputies said the stolen effect had an estimated worth of $1,000.
All 5 suspects were arrested and taken without incident. The fishy conveyance was towed and the stolen spot was recovered.
Detectives said during interviews with the suspects, respective of them admitted their roles successful the theft and provided accusation astir further citrus thefts successful the area.
