5 suspects arrested in Chino Hills burglary investigation
5 suspects arrested in Chino Hills burglary investigation
by Richard K. De Atley
Five suspects have been arrested after sheriff’s deputies in Chino Hills investigated a home burglary and an attempted burglary, and authorities said Monday, March 9 they believe the suspects may be linked to other burglaries in the area.
Arrested on suspicion of burglary and conspiracy were Demetrius Batchelor, Josiah Kelley, and Khaliq Thomas, all of Perris; and Semaj Lopez and Darnell Brown, both of Lancaster. All five are 19 years old.
They were taken into custody after a warrant search early Friday morning at a hotel where deputies on an extra patrol saw a vehicle in the parking lot. The patrol came after one home was burglarized Thursday evening in the 14000 block of Willow Wood Lane, preceded by an attempted break-in the same night in the 2000 block of Deer Haven Drive.
In each case deputies went to the homes because of an audible burglar alarm. In the failed attempt and in the successful entry, the intruders targeted a rear sliding glass door, the latter was found broken.
Leads developed in the investigation led to a search for five suspects, the department said in a news release. The warrant search recovered stolen property and burglary tools, deputies said, along with information they said linked all five suspects to the burglaries.
“The Chino Hills community, and several other cities, have had a significant number of residential burglaries. Detectives believe the suspects … may be related to other burglaries, and are continuing their investigation,” a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department news release said.
In addition to photos of the suspects, deputies released pictures of two vehicles they said the suspects used, a gray BMW coupe and a Porsche Cayenne model SUV, also gray. They asked the public to call them if they saw either the suspects or the two cars, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller said.
Anyone with information regarding the case was asked to contact the Chino Hills Police Department at (909) 364-2000. Anonymous information can be made through the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-782-7463) or at www.wetip.com.
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