Morgan Hill
– Two Gilroy residents arrested in Morgan Hill may be
responsible for an epidemic of auto burglaries in the city since
the beginning of the year, police said.
Morgan Hill – Two Gilroy residents arrested in Morgan Hill may be responsible for an epidemic of auto burglaries in the city since the beginning of the year, police said.
Arthur Quinones, 37, and Elizabeth Teixeira, 25, were booked into Santa Clara County Jail Sunday on suspicion of auto burglary, commercial burglary, possession of burglary tools, possession of stolen property, suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of methamphetamine.
A witness reported seeing a car leave the scene of where two auto burglaries were reported Sunday morning, according to Morgan Hill police Cmdr. David Swing.
About 10:45am, Morgan Hill police officers James Hankins and Curtis Berlin were traveling north on Condit Road going to a call, when they saw a car matching the description of the one allegedly involved in the auto burglaries going in the opposite direction.
Swing said the Gilroy pair allegedly tried to “lose” Berlin and Hankins by pulling into the mushroom farm at Diana Avenue and Condit road, but the officers followed them there and arrested them at the scene on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
When officers searched the car, they found a number of wallets, purses and cell phones, Swing said, as well as numerous spark plug “chips,” the porcelain portion of the plugs that are used to break car windows.
