Authorities have apprehended three of the four suspects allegedly connected to a hidden camera that was found outside a Southern California home earlier this year.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released a statement stating that the captured suspects were identified as three Colombian nationals: 28-year-old Hames Lopez-Granados, 38-year-old Dany Alejandro Aponte-Abaunza and 27-year-old Jonathan Sierra-Rincon.
Officials said the investigation is ongoing and working to identify the fourth suspect in this case.
The arrests stem from an incident in May when a Calabasas homeowner reported to police that they found a camouflaged hidden camera in a planter in the front yard of their home.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told FOX 11 that South American theft groups, often made up of Chilean or Colombian nationals, are known to use covert tactics such as concealing surveillance devices in natural surroundings like leaves and bushes.
Officials said these organized …