A “extremely subtle” Colombian crime ring with probably cartel ties drilled by way of concrete and made off with greater than $1 million in jewellery final month — however pushed its luck too far in trying an identical brazen break-in Thursday, police mentioned.
The crew of 4 bandits, together with an alarm specialist and demolition professional, first focused a jewellery retailer in Sacramento County throughout a wild housebreaking on Sept. 13, in line with the county’s sheriff’s workplace.
“The strategies utilized in that housebreaking are one thing that’s straight out of the flicks,” Sgt. Amar Gandhi instructed ABC 10. ”Very methodical, extraordinarily deliberate out, very subtle so far as their strategies, strategies, instruments and experience.”
The extremely organized thieves traveled round elements of the Sacramento and the Bay Space in an RV to allegedly scout out potential jewellery shops whereas disabling alarms and getting access to the retailers, in line with cops, who have been surveilling the crew.
However the group of Colombian nationals was caught within the act whereas making an attempt to commit one other heist at Lodi Pawn and Advantageous Jewellery Thursday, in line with police — who swooped in because the housebreaking was unfolding.
Simply earlier than the police bust, the group broke into the shop by slicing a gap in a brick wall, shutting off energy and disabling the constructing’s alarm system, cops mentioned.
Because of the short motion of the cops no jewellery was taken from the shop and all 4 have been arrested.
Sandro Torres-Morales, 49, Orlando Goyeneche-Sanchez, 41, Miguel Osorio-Castaneda, 49, and Melany Pascagoula-Correa, 25, have been taken into custody.
The crew is believed to be tied to a global crime ring that has stolen hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of knickknack, Gandhi mentioned.
“These guys are actually subtle in what they do. That they had a feminine who had registered vehicles underneath her identify and would function sort of an workplace supervisor,” mentioned Gandhi.
“We imagine that they’re chargeable for a number of of most of these heists all through the state, if not, much more. We all know one of many members owns a jewellery retailer in Colombia. We imagine there are ties to cartels.”
The crew is scheduled to look in court docket on Oct. 20.
