The Antioch Police Department announced the arrest of a 25-year-old man and a 17-year-old after a large scale identity theft ring was uncovered after a neighbor reported someone was stealing water.
Police say that on August 17th, officers were dispatched to 510 W 10th Street because a neighbor was reporting that someone from 510 W 10th Street was stealing water.
It was determined that 510 W 10th Street was a vacant building that 25 year old Jesse Perry and a 17 year old male were squatting in. Perry was found to have three warrants for his arrest. The 17 year old originally used his cousin’s name but was identified through fingerprints and was found to have a warrant for his arrest.
The building was searched and over 70 debit/credit cards, multiple stolen checks, driver licenses, multiple laptops, cell phones, tablets, a credit card reader were located.
They also located a filing cabinet stolen during a burglary in Brentwood from DDS Jeffery Haug. It was determined that Perry and the 17 year old were involved in a large scale identity theft ring.
They were both arrested on numerous fraud charges and for the warrants. Perry was sent to county jail and the 17 year old was sent to juvenile hall.
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This is really worrisome. . .we think of squatters/street people as opportunistic, looking for unlocked doors or windows or doing small-time smash and grabs to get enough cash for their next hit. Hitting medical offices (supposedly with at least mid-level security) and making off with patients’ medical records, which have everything you’d need to steal their identities, is way beyond simple theft. Every neighborhood and small business location is in for real trouble if these guys are what’s out there now.
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