Four suspected members of an organized jewelry crew are now sitting on $1 million bail each, after San Joaquin County prosecutors tied them to a run of high-dollar break-ins at jewelry businesses across Northern California.
The quartet was arraigned Monday in San Joaquin County on felony burglary charges. Prosecutors allege the group used specialized tools and surveillance to swipe roughly $1.5 million in merchandise from a Sacramento jewelry store and to attempt a break-in at a Lodi pawn shop. All four are due back in court in early December.
In a press release via the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors identified the defendants as Sandro Fabian Torres-Morales, Orlando Goyeneche-Sanchez, Miguel Alejandro Osorio-Castaneda, and Melany Dayan Pascagaza-Correa. Each is charged with three counts of second-degree burglary under Penal Code §459. The office said it will handle the prosecution in San Joaquin County under an agreement with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office…