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Courtesy Joe Baeza,

ON MAY 14, 2010 POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO 802 GUADALUPE ST FOR A THEFT IN PROGRESS CALL.  UPON ARRIVAL A WITNESS STATED TO POLICE THAT A WHITE WITH RED LOWER TRIMMING, EXTENDED CAB PICKUP, WITH THREE SUBJECTS RIDING INSIDE, HAD JUST STOLEN AN A/C UNIT FROM THE BUILDING AND HAD LEFT NORTHBOUND ON LOGAN ST.  THE OFFICER PUT A LOOK OUT FOR SUSPECT VEHICLE SO THAT OFFICERS COULD LOOK OUT FOR IT.  WHILE TAKING A STATEMENT AT SCENE THE OFFICER NOTICED A WHITE IN COLOR PICKUP TRUCK AS IT PASSED BY THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION.  THE OFFICER GOT IN HIS PATROL CAR AND CAUGHT UP TO THE SUSPECT TRUCK ON THE 400 BLOCK OF LAREDO STREET. ASSISTING OFFICERS JOINED IN AND CONDUCTED A FELONY STOP ON THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. 

THREE PEOPLE WERE IN THE TRUCK AND AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, A 16 YEAR OLD MALE OCCUPANT OF THE TRUCK ADMITTED TO TAKING THE AIR CONDITION UNIT AND THEN TOOK IT TO HIS AUNTS HOUSE AND PLACED IT IN THE BACK PART OF THE HOUSE.  HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS AND ADVISED HE WAS BEING DETAIN FOR THEFT SJF, AND ENGAGE IN ORG/CRIMINAL ACTIVITY F/3.  THE JUVENILE THEN AGREED TO TAKE POLICE TO SAID LOCATION WHICH WAS 2300 MADISON ST.  THE A/C UNIT WAS LOCATED IN REAR OF RESIDENCE AND WAS RECOVERED.  THE A/C WAS RECOVERED BY THE OWNER.  THE JUVENILE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WEBB JUVENILE CENTER WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY JUVENILE PERSONNEL AND CHARGED WITH THEFT SJF, ENGAGE IN ORG/CRIMINAL ACTIVITY F/3.  19 YEAR OLD EDITH PERLA GONZALEZ, AND JOAQUIN JOEL MONTEMAYOR, 29, WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT AND ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.