Residential burglary, C and Muscatel

A press release from the Hesperia station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department:

Incident: Residential Burglary                                   
Suspect(s):  3 – 17 year old male juveniles – Hesperia
1 – 16 year old male juvenile - Hesperia
Location: Muscatel/C Avenue - Hesperia
Time/date: 11:33 a.m. – 6/21/06

SUMMARY:

On the above date and time, Deputy Swoboda was dispatched to a report of a burglary in progress at the above location.

The victim reported that she was asleep in the bedroom of her apartment when she was awakened by a noise.  She looked up and saw a male standing in her bedroom.  He ran out the door.  The victim got up and noticed the door open and her T.V. and play station missing.

Two witnesses saw the suspect hand the T.V. over the retaining wall of the balcony and get in a pickup truck parked on Muscatel.  The witness followed the truck southbound on E Avenue.  The vehicle stopped in front of a house E Avenue, where the witness saw the suspect unloading the T.V.  The witness got the license plate number, and when the truck left again, the witness followed it to another address on Cactus Street.  He then returned to the victim’s residence.

The sheriff’s helicopter, 40K, was overhead and monitoring the activity from above.  The pilots in the helicopter observed the suspects coming out of the house on Cactus.  Two of the suspects grabbed bicycles and were riding away.  Deputy Swoboda apprehended the first suspect in the area of C and Bodart, and the second suspect at E Avenue and Muscatel.  40K issued commands to the third suspect from the air, advising him to stay where he was.  Sgt. Bowman took the third suspect, who was on foot, into custody. 

The truck the suspects were driving was recovered with the stolen property still inside.

All three juveniles were taken into custody and booked at the Apple Valley Juvenile Detention Center.  One of the 17-year old male suspects is on parole with the California Youth Authority for shooting at an inhabited dwelling.  A fourth suspect is still outstanding.

The witnesses were able to positively identify the suspects.