Two Morgan Hill residents, two Gilroy residents and a woman
described as transient were arrested for trying to steal boxes of
items from a Goodwill trailer and found evidence of identity theft
in a vehicle, police said.
Morgan Hill – Two Morgan Hill residents, two Gilroy residents and a woman described as transient were arrested for trying to steal boxes of items from a Goodwill trailer and found evidence of identity theft in a vehicle, police said.
Maria Spicer, 50, of Morgan Hill, Wendy Gomez, 33, of Morgan Hill, Frank Ramirez, 28, of Gilroy, Oscar Flores, 34, of Gilroy and Marian Duarte, 32, a transient were arrested, and all except Spicer, who was cited and released, were booked into Santa Clara County Jail.
Police received a call in the early evening June 29, about suspicious behavior near the Goodwill Industries collection trailer in the Safeway grocery store parking lot on East Dunne Avenue, according to MHPD Cmdr. David Swing.
When an officer arrived about 9:45pm, he found three vehicles parked in front of the trailer with people loading boxes into the vehicles. Because several of the suspects were on probation, the officer searched the vehicles. He found a driver’s license that had been stolen from Gilroy, a mirror with what appeared to be remnants of methamphetamine on it, a canvas bag and a document folder, Swing said.
Inside the folder, there were other stolen driver’s licenses, stolen debit and credit cards and stolen mail, including addresses and Social Security numbers, credit card statements and Internal Revenue Service documents.
Swing said there were at least eight victims from Gilroy.
A 1-year-old child, Flores’ son, was found in one of the vehicles, Swing said, and Child Protective Services took custody.
