Two Held Without Bail on Suspicion of Multiple Retail Burglaries in Cabazon

A man and a woman with alleged immigration violations were held without bail Friday on suspicion of several retail burglaries at Desert Hills Premium Outlets, a sheriff's sergeant said.

Flor Sandoval, 28, and Jose Angel Rivas Orozco, 27, were arrested and booked Feb. 3, Sgt. Alan Meservey of the sheriff's Cabazon Station said in a statement issued a week later.

Deputies received a report of retail burglaries about 3 p.m. Friday Feb. 3 at the outlets in the 48000 block of Seminole Drive, Meservey said.

Security guards already had two suspects in custody, Meservey said.

Deputies determined Sandoval and Rivas Orozco, who share a home in Los Angeles, went into several stores at the Desert Hills outlets and removed property with paying, Meservey said. Shoppers and store employees witnessed the alleged thefts and reported them to security.

Sandoval and Rivas Orozco were arrested and booked at Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on suspicion of burglary and other offenses. They were being held on "'No Bail' immigration violations," Meservey said Friday Feb. 10.

Deputies executed search warrants this week on a vehicle seized at Desert Hills Premium Outlets, and at the home Sandoval and Rivas Orozco share, in the 1300 block of West 37th Place, Los Angeles, near the Coliseum and USC.

About $10,000 in alleged stolen property was recovered, and deputies believed the goods were taken during other retail burglaries at outlet malls elsewhere in Southern California, according to Meservey.

Anyone with more information was urged to call Deputy Gregory Sell or Deputy Christopher Ternes at the Cabazon Station, (951) 922-7100, the Sheriff's Dispatch Center, 1(800) 950-2444, or send an email to CabazonStation@RiversideSheriff.org.