LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - Three men suspected of stealing air-conditioning units from a construction site in Lake Elsinore were behind bars Wednesday.
Armando Lopez Fitz, 57, Pedro Perez Gomez, 40, and Jose Servin Perez, 42 -- all of Santa Ana -- were arrested and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta Tuesday night on suspicion of grand theft, conspiracy, vandalism and obstruction of a law enforcement officer.
Each man is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
According to Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Robert Thomas, shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, deputies were alerted to suspicious activity at a site where model homes were under construction in the 29000 block of Hanging Rock Road, just south of Nichols Road.
"Deputies arrived at the location and saw three males actively loading air-conditioner units from the homes into a van," Thomas said. "All three subjects fled, but two were immediately detained."
Fitz ran across Interstate 15 in an attempt to elude capture, the sergeant alleged. However, deputies caught up to him minutes later, taking him into custody without further incident.
No one was injured.
Thomas said the estimated value of the "stolen and damaged property" was $20,400.
Background information on the suspects was unavailable.
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