Suspect arrested after electronics cargo theft in Fontana

A 34-year-old was arrested Wednesday, April 17, after allegedly posing as a driver for a transport firm and stealing 30 pallets of electronics, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated in a information launch.

On March 25, the Sheriff’s Office obtained a report from a enterprise stating {that a} fraudulent transport firm had stolen 30 pallets of electronics. The sufferer reported that somebody who claimed to be a driver for the corporate arrived with fraudulent paperwork, the Sheriff’s launch stated.

Officials stated the driving force left the enterprise with electronics supposed for cargo to an organization in Colorado.

The Sheriff’s information launch said that the corporate in Colorado knowledgeable the enterprise in Fontana that that they had not obtained their electronics cargo.

Detectives carried out surveillance at a residence within the 4900 block of River Ash Way in Fontana and recognized the driving force answerable for the cargo theft as Amarveer Johal, 34, of Fontana, the information launch stated.

Johal was arrested on Wednesday on the residence, the information launch stated.

“Some stolen property was recovered on the residence and returned to the proprietor. Johal is believed answerable for extra fraudulent cargo thefts within the Fontana space,” deputies stated within the information launch.

Anyone with data concerning the theft can contact investigators on the Fontana Sheriff’s Station.