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SBSD - Victorville Police Department
Tuesday March 21st, 2017 :: 01:38 p.m. PDT

Advisory

Deputies arrest 2 suspects after finding numerous packages and mail in their possession belonging to several victims

DATE/TIME: March 21, 2017 / 3:23 a.m.

INCIDENT: Conspiracy to Commit a Crime, Mail Theft

LOCATION: Civic Drive

SUSPECT(S): Dontavious Hodge, 26-year-old Adelanto resident
Mathew DiFalco, 18-year-old Apple Valley resident

VICTIM(S): Confidential

SUMMARY: On March 21, 2017, Deputy V. Quezada, from the Victorville Police Department, was on patrol when he noticed a vehicle stopped in front of a UPS and FedEx drop box on Civic Drive. A male subject walked away from the boxes, got into the stopped vehicle, and the vehicle pulled away from the location. As Quezada drove by the boxes, he could see the door to the UPS box was open.

Deputy Quezada conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and located several packages and other pieces of mail, not addressed to the two male occupants of the vehicle. Also recovered from inside the vehicle were a crowbar and other items believed to be linked to the crime.

Dontavious Hodge and Mathew DiFalco were arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for conspiracy to commit a crime and mail theft.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

Refer: Mara Rodriguez, Media Relations Officer

Station: Victorville Police Department

Case #: 171703399

Phone No. (760) 241-2911

JOHN MCMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Address/Location
SBSD - Victorville Police Department
14200 Amargosa Rd
Victorville, CA 92392

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700

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