Plea hearings for two San Jose residents accused of stealing
rifles from Big 5 Sporting Goods in Morgan Hill March 12 were
postponed Friday.
Morgan Hill
Plea hearings for two San Jose residents accused of stealing rifles from Big 5 Sporting Goods in Morgan Hill March 12 were postponed Friday.
Ramiro Lozano, 34, and Roxanne Villabrille, 35, will next appear to make their pleas on May 22. Villabrille will appear in court May 1 to argue a motion to reduce her bail, which is currently set at $250,000.
Lozano’s bail is $1,000,000, and both are in Santa Clara County custody.
Arrested March 25 at their home near Fontanelle Drive in San Jose, the two suspects are accused of buying or receiving stolen property and marijuana cultivation, among other charges.
Morgan Hill Police have released few details about how Lozano, Villabrille, and a third suspect, Alexis Tomines, participated in the burglary and subsequent exchange of seven guns stolen from Big 5 on Cochrane Road. Tomines, 28, also of San Jose, was arrested with at least five of the guns in his possession as he was leaving Lozano’s home hours after the burglary.
When the store opened on the morning of March 12, an employee noticed that someone had cut a hole in the wall near the rifles section and stolen the firearms, according to police.
Shortly after Tomines’ arrest, police searched the home he was leaving, where they found 37 marijuana plants growing inside, as well as stolen merchandise that matched items taken in a December 2008 burglary of Radio Shack in Morgan Hill.
As a result of the ensuing investigation, Lozano was arrested in a traffic stop near King Road and Burdette Drive in San Jose. Officers then went to his home, where they arrested Villabrille.
Lozano faces additional charges of seven counts of grand theft, according to Santa Clara County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Amy Cornell. Villabrille is charged with buying, receiving, concealing or withholding stolen property, cultivation of marijuana, and one count of possession of marijuana for sale.
Tomines, who will also appear in court May 22 for his plea hearing, is charged with seven counts of grand theft, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, and six counts of buying or receiving stolen property. He is out of jail on an $80,000 bond.
