BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Detectives with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects after a months long investigation led to several brass valve elements that were reported stolen.
Pedro Mendez Gonzalez, 39, and Gonzalo Villalobos, 46, were arrested in the 10000 block of San Jose Avenue after a search warrant was served, according to KCSO.
Both men are from the Delano area.
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After multiple investigations into reports of stolen brass valves near north Kern County farmland, detectives determined several thousand dollars worth of damage had been caused to equipment. The main goal during the thefts is to strip off all the brass from the equipment and recycle it for money…