Deputies Arrest Man, Woman Suspected Of Burglarizing Model Homes

PALM DESERT, CA — Deputies from the Palm Desert Sheriff's Station arrested a man and a woman suspected of breaking into model homes in the area and stealing circuit breakers, authorities said Saturday.

The investigation began on Aug. 2 at 8 a.m.,when Palm Desert deputies investigated a burglary at a new housing development in the 73300 block of Warhol Lane, said Riverside County Sheriff's Sgt. James Mills.

"Deputies obtained a vehicle description and identified the suspect as Manuel Herrera, a 49-year-old resident of Hemet," Mills said.

At 3 p.m. Friday, the Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team located a vehicle that looked like Herrera's at a new home development in the 74000 block of Becker Street, he said.

They detained two suspects, later identified as Herrera and 26-year-old Grace Pollard of Banning, Mills said. The deputies found residential electrical circuit breakers in their possession.

Herrera was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio and held with no bail, on charges including suspicion of residential burglary and grand theft. Pollard was held in lieu of $35,000 bail at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on charges including suspicion of first degree burglary.

— City News Service