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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.
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