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COALINGA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two radical person been arrested pursuing respective thefts successful Coalinga, which included generators, electrical bikes, and operation equipment, the city's constabulary section said.
Officers accidental they were dispatched to the h2o tanks connected Derrick and Jayne avenues for a study of a theft connected May 2. Investigators learned that, sometimes aft operation crews near the time before, idiosyncratic chopped respective sections of the information fencing and entered the property.
Detectives accidental the suspects stole respective pieces of operation instrumentality and fled the area. One of them was yet identified arsenic 33-year-old Ryder Sprague and was tracked down and arrested for his engagement successful the theft. He was booked connected suspicion of burglary.
Days later, connected Monday, May 6, officers responded to the 300 artifact of North 6th Street for different theft. According to police, responding officers were told a generator was taken retired of the backmost of a motortruck sometime during the night.
Investigators located the generator during the investigation, and it was returned to its owner.
On Tuesday, May 7, officers responded to the Best Western Motel connected Jayne Avenue for a reported theft of 2 E-bikes from a patron's conveyance astir 5 a.m. According to detectives, 1 of the bikes was located successful the adjacent area.
Throughout these investigations, constabulary accidental 33-year-old Nicholas Wolfgang Deleon was identified arsenic different suspect. He was arrested connected Tuesday, and a hunt warrant was executed for his home.
According to detectives, narcotics and tools were recovered during the hunt warrant. Deleon was booked nether suspicion of burglary, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics for sale, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, expansive theft, vandalism and conspiracy.
This is an ongoing investigation. The Coalinga Police Department encourages anyone with accusation to interaction them astatine 559-935-1525, enactment 1. Callers tin stay anonymous.
