Three men have been arraigned in connection with car burglaries on campus.

Campus Police arrested Arturo Raya, 19, and Ricardo Sanchez Raya, 20, of the 2500 block of East Polk Street, on April 11, after a student witnessed an individual breaking into a vehicle in Lot P on Jackson Street and tipped off Campus Police, according to an offense report.

The report said the right passenger window of a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse was broken on April 10 and the face plate of a CD player was taken. The item was valued at $200.

“While we questioned [Ricardo Sanchez Raya], he stated that his brother was also involved, so both were charged and we did recover the property stolen from that theft,” Campus Police Lt. Armando Pulido told The Collegian.

The brothers were arrested at their home. Both were charged with burglary of a vehicle, which is a class A misdemeanor.   

 Cameron County Magistrate Luis Saenz set bond at $5,000 for Arturo Raya and $750 for Ricardo Sanchez Raya, according to the magistrate’s warning. As of press time Thursday, both remained in the old Cameron County Jail in lieu of bond.

  Five burglaries have been reported on campus recently, “which is a high number for us,” Pulido said.

 Juan Manuel Rios, 52, of the 1400 block of East 17th Street, was arrested March 29 after a Campus Police officer witnessed a man breaking into a vehicle in Lot A, next to the Fort Brown Memorial Center.

 An officer on foot patrol saw a man attempting to open a small triangular window of a Dodge van, according to the probable cause affidavit. Asked why he was opening the vehicle, the man told the officer he was opening it for a friend who had forgotten the keys inside the vehicle. The officer also noticed a butcher knife on the ground next to the man. The man then ran to a nearby Dodge Caravan, whith its engine running. The man jumped into the van and veered his vehicle toward the officer, the affidavit states.

“There was a chase, and then they arrested him at his house after a brief struggle,” Pulido told The Collegian.

Rios was arraigned on charges of burglary of a motor vehicle, evading arrest and aggravated assault of a public servant, all second-degree felonies.

Magistrate Saenz set bonds totaling $120,000. As of press time Thursday, Rios remained in the Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in lieu of bond. 

Pulido said Campus Police still is investigating three other car burglaries.