Suspects in months-long Kerman mail thefts arrested

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KERMAN, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Five suspects were arrested pursuing an probe into aggregate cases of fraud and individuality theft regarding the theft of message belonging to Kerman residents, the Kerman Police Department said.

Police accidental residents person been dealing with message thefts implicit the past respective months and the investigations that followed yielded accusation astir imaginable suspects and vehicles involved.

Early Sunday greeting connected Dec. 15, an serviceman was patrolling the westbound broadside of the metropolis limits erstwhile they reported spotting a conveyance matching the statement related to caller message thefts. The 2 men wrong were contacted pursuing a postulation stop.

As constabulary conducted their investigation, they accidental they received a telephone from a location successful the 200 artifact of South Thomas Avenue for a message theft from a assemblage mailbox that had conscionable happened. Surveillance video captured footage of the theft involving a sedan that matched the statement of the 1 being stopped.

Investigators accidental the 2 men were arrested aft being recovered with tools that helped them entree the assemblage mailboxes and implicit 670 pieces of stolen mail, including packages. The operator was besides recovered to person a warrant from Sacramento for felony assault.

Detectives study the conveyance halt led to a hunt warrant astatine a location extracurricular of metropolis limits wherever they recovered much stolen message containing confidential accusation of Kerman residents and instrumentality to marque tools to fraudulently entree fiscal accusation and mailboxes.

As a effect of this hunt warrant, officers reported arresting 3 further suspects.

Kerman Police says they are moving with U.S. Postal Service Investigators to interaction the addresses connected the message and packages recovered to instrumentality the stolen items and find if they are victims of different related crimes.

Any Kerman residents who judge they whitethorn beryllium victims of message theft, individuality theft, oregon fraud are encouraged to record a study by contacting Detective P. Clark astatine 559-550-0798.

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