A pack of younger punks allegedly turned the Bay Space into their private smash-and-grab playground, hitting 77 houses and autos, ripping off energy instruments and weapons, whereas utilizing stolen rides to gas the crime spree.
The 4 juveniles have been blamed for 37 burglaries in Harmony and roughly 40 extra in different cities throughout Contra Costa and Solano counties, authorities stated.
Their alleged MO was easy and brazen: hit automobiles within the early-morning hours, seize garage-door openers and use them to get inside houses’ garages in search of extra loot.
However the crew allegedly escalated from property crime to a much more chilling menace.
In Might, surveillance video caught armed suspects pointing a gun on the door between a storage and the house, apparently anticipating that somebody inside would possibly come out.
Throughout one other housebreaking, they allegedly walked away with 14 firearms from a residential storage.
The suspects additionally allegedly stole a number of autos and used them to commit further crimes.
Cops tried to cease suspected getaway automobiles greater than as soon as.
One suspect car tore away from a Might visitors cease at excessive velocity, forcing officers to desert the pursuit over public-safety considerations.
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One other suspect car escaped police in June.
In a separate June housebreaking, the juveniles crashed whereas fleeing, jumped out and ran, however nonetheless managed to evade seize.
A firearm was recovered.
The break lastly got here after Harmony detectives, working with Richmond police, recognized the 4 juveniles.
One was already sitting in Juvenile Corridor on an unrelated case outdoors Harmony.
In July, Harmony SWAT groups, backed by cops from Antioch and Pittsburg, Central County SWAT and the US Marshals Service, launched a coordinated sweep.
Three excellent suspects have been arrested.
Searches of their houses turned up two weapons stolen in Harmony burglaries.
Richmond police had already recovered a 3rd stolen firearm.
The juveniles face complaints filed by the Contra Costa County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Their names have been withheld as a result of they’re minors.
Investigators then adopted the alleged stolen-goods pipeline to Wuillian Cordova-Cubias, 37, of Oakland.
Police say Cordova-Cubias repeatedly purchased instruments from the suspects, typically proper after the burglaries.
When cops raided his Oakland residence, they allegedly discovered a staggering stash: an enormous amount of energy instruments, a stolen ATV, a stolen forklift, an unregistered firearm and different beneficial property value about $250,000.
Prosecutors charged Cordova-Cubias Friday with receiving stolen property, receiving a stolen motorcar, conspiracy to commit a criminal offense and being a prohibited particular person in possession of a firearm.
He was booked into Harmony police jail and is now being held on the Martinez Detention Facility.
