4 members of the family, together with minor, suspected in $7,000 in 10 retail thefts throughout 3 counties

Four members of the family had been arrested this week on suspicion of committing at the least 10 retail thefts in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, totaling greater than $7,000 price of losses, authorities stated.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department detectives started investigating on April 24, after deputies had been known as to a enterprise within the 32100 block of Temecula Parkway and realized that a number of suspects had stolen $1,000 price of merchandise, sheriff’s officers stated Friday, May 17.

The location is an space with massive procuring facilities on either side of Temecula Parkway.

Authorities recognized the suspects and realized they had been chargeable for different thefts of Southern California retail shops, officers stated. The Robbery/Burglary Suppression Team took over the investigation, which led to the arrest of the suspects on May 13 at a house within the 6800 block of Valley Way in Jurupa Valley.

The suspects had been recognized as Thomas Balandran, 50, Sherri Alvarez, 48 and Brianna Balandran, 19, officers stated. They had been booked into jail on suspicion of organized retail theft, housebreaking, conspiracy and grand theft. A 17-year-old boy was additionally recognized as a suspect, however was launched to a member of the family whereas prices are filed with juvenile probation.

Authorities didn’t provide specifics into how the suspects had been recognized, nor did they specify the relationships among the many 4 suspects.

During their arrest, investigators searched the house and located “a considerable amount of merchandise from the retailers with tags nonetheless affixed,” officers stated. Narcotics and paraphernalia had been additionally discovered inside the house, they stated.

Detectives realized others had knowingly purchased among the stolen merchandise with the intent to resell it for revenue, officers stated. Two extra search warrants had been served in Moreno Valley, the place an extra $3,000 price of stolen merchandise was discovered.

Officials consider the three grownup suspects might have been chargeable for extra thefts and had been asking anybody with data to contact Deputy Christina Weber of the Southwest Station Robbery/Burglary Suppression Team at 951-696-3133.

Information concerning the shops affected, their areas and the varieties of merchandise stolen weren’t disclosed.