Two suspects are arrested and found to be in possession of multiple credit card scanning devices and stolen mail
DATE/TIME: July 19, 2017 8:30 p.m.
INCIDENT: CVC10851; Vehicle Theft/PC496; Poss. of Stolen Prop/PC530.5; Identity Theft
LOCATION: 4210 Highland Avenue (Walmart parking lot), San Bernardino
SUSPECT(S): Michael Harris, 34 years old, resident of Riverside
Sherry Alarcon, 42 years old, resident of Moreno Valley
SUMMARY:
On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at approximately 8:30 P.M., Highland Station deputies responded the area of Greenspot Road at the Iron Bridge for an Automatic License Plate Reader system (ALPR) hit on a 2016 Ford Focus. A second alert, on the same vehicle, came in near the area of the San Manuel Village on Highland Avenue. Deputies responded to this area and located the stolen vehicle. A female, later identified as Sherry Alarcon, exited the vehicle and attempted to elude arrest but was detained. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Michael Harris, was detained inside a video game store.
During a search of the vehicle, deputies found numerous pieces of stolen mail from the Colton and Riverside areas. Checks, bills and debit/bank cards were also found in the vehicle. A set of prying tools was found in the vehicle believed to be used to break into a community mailbox in the City of Colton. Credit card scanning devices along with pin pad and point of sale credit card machines were found in a backpack in the vehicle as well. Harris and Alarcon were arrested and booked into Central Detention Center.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Highland Police Department at (909) 425-9793. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27436), or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy J. Hernandez
Station: Highland
Case #: 131702771
Phone No. (909)425-9793
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
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Highland, CA 92346
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