Sun Valley : Police Link Man to 60 Camera Thefts
A 37-year-old Sun Valley man arrested by Los Angeles police is linked to more than 60 thefts of professional video cameras across North America worth more than $4 million, police said Tuesday.
Enrique Horacio Villarreal was arrested Monday by police and FBI agents, who found Villarreal in possession of a video camera that had been stolen in West Hollywood over the weekend, LAPD Det. Mike Woodings said.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Dec. 14, 1995 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday December 14, 1995 Valley Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Metro Desk 2 inches; 41 words Type of Material: Correction
Video arrest--The suspect in a story Wednesday about stolen video cameras was misidentified. The suspect is Enrique Horacio Villarreal of Sun Valley. Villarreal was booked on suspicion of receiving stolen property. Details were provided by a statement signed by LAPD Det. Mike Woodings.
Woodings was booked on suspicion of receiving stolen property and is being held on a felony warrant from Austin, Texas, where he allegedly assaulted a police officer who was trying to apprehend him during an attempted camera theft at a television station, Woodings said.
Villarreal’s thefts have ranged from Los Angeles to Canada to Louisiana, Woodings said.
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