Six suspects were arrested in connection to a series of Riverside County train burglaries that resulted in nearly $200,000 worth of merchandise being stolen.
The burglaries targeted cargo trains across several cities and Riverside County sheriff’s deputies worked to track down the locations where the stolen goods were stored.
The suspects were identified as:
- Renato Compean Briones, 29, from Indio
- Carla Virginia Urias Herrera, 39, from Indio
- Jesus Ivan Castillo Ruiz, 28, from Thermal
- Juan Pablo Ortega Hernandez, 38, from Mecca
- Deette Nadine Amezquita Luna 36, from Mecca
- Bernardo Acosta, 39, from Mecca
The months-long investigation began on Aug. 2 when deputies responded to a train burglary near Hammond Road and 68th Avenue in unincorporated Mecca.
Several items that had been removed from the cargo trains were found, but the suspects already fled the scene.
In the following weeks, investigators worked to track down multiple locations where the large amount of stolen goods were believed to be stored.