Sentencing for members of a Home Depot theft crew that hit nearly 200 stores in Northern California in just four months was put off Wednesday as the judge considers stiffer sentences, Santa Clara County’s top prosecutor said.
Adolfo Duarte Herrera, 45, of Richmond; Wilmer Ayala, 43, of South San Francisco; Daniel Resendiz, 21; and Jose Martinez, 28, of San Leandro, all pleaded no contest on May 29 to grand theft, retail theft, receiving stolen property, and conspiracy. The four were arrested on April 29 following a major law enforcement operation that also raided a storage facility in South San Francisco and homes in Richmond, San Leandro, and South San Francisco.
According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, the men stole $65,000 worth of merchandise from Home Depot stores in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties from January through April. In many cases, the same stores were hit multiple times, including a Home Depot in Emeryville robbed 24 times…