Alleged tourist burglar in Oak Park facing felony charges: VCDA

Chilean nationwide Alexis Provoste Aranguiz was in courtroom Tuesday going through felony expenses for allegedly burglarizing an Oak Park house.

Aranguiz is going through felony conspiracy and first-degree residential housebreaking expenses, in addition to a particular allegation that the housebreaking was a violent crime, Ventura County District Lawyer Erik Nasarenko introduced.

Aranguiz, 43, was the burglar overwhelmed and captured by a Oak Park home-owner who bought house in the course of the housebreaking Friday evening, in accordance with a press launch from Nasarenko’s workplace.

The home-owner, Sal Mercado, informed KTLA that whereas a primary burglar escaped right into a ready car, he caught the second burglar, Aranguiz, coming down the steps along with his palms full of jewellery and electronics.

“I simply didn’t give him an opportunity, simply hit him, as a result of to start with, I don’t know if he has a gun, a knife, any type of weapon, proper? You simply don’t know. Your thoughts goes loopy,” Mercado stated.

The District Lawyer’s workplace stated Aranguiz is “a suspected member of a South American Theft Group,” that are believed to ship burglars on journeys to the U.S., usually by means of LAX, to focus on owners, steal from them after which return to their house international locations in a pattern investigators name “crime tourism.”

“A search of Aranguiz yielded stolen property on his individual and in his pockets,” the discharge stated.

Nasarenko’s workplace additionally confirmed that the home-owner held down till Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies arrived to take him into custody, and the confrontation between the home-owner and Aranguiz is why they determined to maneuver ahead with the violent crime allegation.

Aranguiz, who pleaded not responsible on Tuesday, is in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail.

The opposite burglar and the motive force of the getaway automobile stay at giant, in accordance with the District Lawyer’s workplace.

“We ask our residents to stay vigilant and report suspicious exercise to native legislation enforcement,” Nasarenko stated within the launch. “My workplace will proceed to work aggressively with our legislation enforcement companions to cost and prosecute South American Theft Teams and crews that concentrate on residential communities.