Juvenile Arrested for School Burglary and Three Others Arrested During Probation Search

RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police officers, while investigating a June 2016 burglary that occurred at Collette Elementary School made one arrest related to the burglary and three unrelated arrests.

During the investigation, authorities matched fingerprints left at the scene of the school burglary with a juvenile who was on probation for burglary. On Thursday, January 26, 2017, detectives conducted a search at the home of the juvenile in the 8900 block of Conway. During the search, they made contact with and arrested the juvenile suspect into Juvenile Hall for the school burglary.  

Detectives continued to search the home and located a juvenile who had a felony warrant and be was also booked into Juvenile Hall. Also at the location, detectives located items consistent with identity theft. Raudel Sotelo, 23, who was on parole for identity theft and Claudia Flores, 27, who had a misdemeanor warrant for mail theft were arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for identity theft based on the evidence located.

Anyone who has information on this case is encouraged to contact Detective Chris Carnahan at (951) 353-955 or ccarnahan@riverside.gov or Detective Andy Cook at (951) 353 -7953 or acook@riversideca.gov. Persons wishing to remain anonymous can email RPDTips@RiversideCA.gov or call 1-800-78-Crime.

For late-breaking news, join 24/7 Headline News on our Facebook Newsgroups for Los Angeles County News, Riverside County News, Adelanto News, Coachella Valley News, U.S./World News, Victor Valley/Inland Empire News. If you like what we are doing and want regular updates on your Facebook stream like our Facebook Fan Page. You may also follow 24/7 Headline News on Twitter and Instagram!