"The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said Monday it expects to find additional victims, though none have yet been identified. The office believes the group responsible is part of a "transnational organized crime burglary crew" that is associated with at least one similar crime in Southern California, Det. Brian Koruda said in an email."
"On May 5, a person returned to their Westlake Village home and found that the house had been ransacked and multiple things had been stolen. California Highway Patrol officers spotted one of the cars connected to the burglary in the Calabasas area and chased it until the car stopped and three people got out and ran. All three were eventually found and arrested. Los Angeles police stopped another suspect vehicle and arrested the driver."
"A search of the suspects' cars revealed things connecting the four men to the burglary, the sheriff's office said. Javier Ricardo Pulido Ramirez, 41, Diego Cuervo, 39, Sergio Alejandro Paez Cuervo, 27, and Jesus Miguel Velez Hernandez, 35, were booked on charges of residential burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime. Bail has been set at $500,000 for all of them."
"For the last couple of years at least, groups of international thieves have been traveling to Southern California and burglarizing homes and stores before absconding back to their home countries. Several groups have been caught, including in Ventura County."
Four men were arrested after an organized burglary in Westlake Village in which belongings worth about $100,000 were stolen. A resident returned on May 5 to find the home ransacked. California Highway Patrol officers spotted a vehicle connected to the burglary in the Calabasas area, chased it, and arrested three people after they ran. Los Angeles police stopped another suspect vehicle and arrested the driver. Investigators searched the suspects’ cars and found items linking the four men to the burglary. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office expects additional victims and believes the group is part of a transnational organized crime burglary crew associated with similar crimes in Southern California. The suspects were booked on residential burglary and conspiracy charges with $500,000 bail set for each.
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