Vincent P. Cabrera and Benter J. Castro smoked methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d prior to siphoning off fuel from two vans, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
As this developed, Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman yesterday imposed a $5,000 cash bail for each suspect and set the preliminary hearing for Sept. 2 at 9am.<\/p>\n
Citing the suspects\u2019 criminal history, Wiseman noted that the new charges are theft and criminal mischief, which are both misdemeanors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a big crime. Wow!\u201d the judge sarcastically told the defendants, who were arrested on Tuesday early morning.<\/p>\n
Police detective Edward M. Cepeda disclosed in his report that Cabrera admitted to siphoning gasoline from a van at Resta Horizon Apartments in Sadog Tasi and from another van at the Sandy Beach Homes in Chalan Kanoa.<\/p>\n
Cepeda said that, according to Cabrera, Castro picked him up at his uncle\u2019s house in San Antonio and they both proceeded to Castro\u2019s house in San Roque.<\/p>\n
Cepeda said the two parked their truck outside the residence and smoked \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Castro stated he needed to get gas so they drove to the Sandy Beach Homes parking lot, where they siphoned gas from a white Ford van with license plate BUS-1156.<\/p>\n
After Sandy Homes, the two drove to Resta Horizon Apartments\u2019 parking lot, where they also siphoned gas from a white Econoline van with license plate BUS-1249.<\/p>\n
When they saw a light from a car coming from the hill, the two ran back and hid inside their green Toyota T 100 pickup truck, with personalized license plate \u201cHIDE.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cepeda said a witness, however, saw the incident at Resta Horizon Apartments and immediately called the police on Tuesday at 4:50am. Responding police officers arrested the two suspects at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police urged any other victims of a similar gas siphoning incidents to contact police detective Catherine B. Pangelinan at 664-9001 as the same suspects may be involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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