Crime & Safety

Men in Black Charged with Burglary

The information in this story comes from the ACC Police Department. An arrest doesn't mean a conviction.

 

Around 11:15am on March 28 officers responded to a complaint of two males dressed in black standing at the front door of a house on Vineyard Dr.

When the police officers arrived, they were unable to locate the men. Officers checked the residences and the exteriors appeared secure. Another officer then said he saw two men wearing black run into a Harvest Way residence. Officers surrounded the residence and, after several minutes, the men exited.

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An investigation revealed the men were the men in black seen on Vineyard Dr and one of the subjects lived at the Harvest Way residence. The resident gave officers permission to search the residence and a number of items were recovered which were determined to have been stolen.

It was also determined the two had burglarized a Harvest Way residence. Contact was made with the occupant at his work place and he returned home. He identified all but one of the stolen items as his.

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Frank Garcia Reyes, 20, Acadia Drive, and Eliseo Mondragon, 18, Harvest Way, were arrested and charged with Burglary and Loitering and Prowling.

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