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Police Release Video of Daytime Big-Rig Burglary in Chino After Two Arrests

Police credit traffic-camera monitoring for arrests that returned $7,000 in stolen computer gear.

Overview

  • Traffic surveillance video posted Wednesday shows a theft at a Chino intersection involving a boxed-in commercial truck.
  • The break-in occurred at 4:48 p.m. on Feb. 20 at Central Avenue and Chino Hills Parkway, police said.
  • A car and a white van positioned in front of and behind the truck as suspects cut the trailer lock and removed computer equipment.
  • With help from a witness and the department’s Real-Time Crime Center, officers tracked the van onto the westbound 60 Freeway and stopped it on an on-ramp.
  • Two people were arrested, identified as residents of Los Angeles and Cudahy, and officers recovered burglary tools and about $7,000 in stolen goods that were returned to the company.