WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison after he pled guilty to attempted participation in organized retail theft, according to the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office.
Jose Martinez-Aguilar, 53, was arrested after detectives with the Regional Crime Suppression Unit (RCSU) and the Repeat Offender Program (ROP) learned that Roberto’s on Virginia Street in Reno was operating a fencing operation for stolen items.
Detectives learned that the shop’s owner, Martinez-Aguilar, was running the operation. During the investigation, local loss prevention officers learned that thieves would steal from stores up and down the Virginia Street corridor and sell the stolen items to Martinez-Aguilar and his employees…