ROCKLIN, Calif. — Three people were arrested, including a teenager, in connection to more than 70 car burglaries in the Rocklin area, early Sunday morning.
Rocklin Police officers first started investigating early Sunday morning at an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Ridgeview Circle after receiving a call about a vehicle burglary. When officers arrived, they said they found several cars had been burglarized.
While they were investigating the scene at the apartment complex, another call of a car burglary in progress in another neighborhood. When officers arrived at the second location, they said they found that several other cars had been burglarized. Police said the suspects stole a credit card from one of the vehicles they burglarized.
Later, the victim notified police after receiving a report that their credit card was being used somewhere in Roseville.
Roseville Police officers responded and pulled over a vehicle thought to be involved with the illegal credit card use. During a search of the vehicle, police said they found items taken from the burglarized cars.
All three people in the car were soon arrested. Those suspects have been identified as 20-year-old Larry Smith, 18-year-old Mia Gonzalez and a 14-year-old teenager, all from Sacramento. The trio is facing complaints of vehicle burglary, conspiracy to commit a crime, and unauthorized use of a credit card.
Smith and Gonzalez were booked into the Placer County Jail. In all, investigators said 75 cars were burglarized. The 14-year-old was booked into a juvenile detention center. In total, investigators said that 75 cars had been burglarized.
If you have any information about this case, or if you believe you are a victim of this crime and have not yet made a report, you are asked to call 916-625-5400.
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