Looting Suspect Arrested In Caldor Fire Evacuation Area Near Pollock Pines

POLLOCK PINES (CBS13) — An alleged looter has been arrested during a patrol of the Caldor Fire evacuation country successful El Dorado County, authorities say.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says, Wednesday morning, a suspicious antheral was spotted connected a Pollock Pines resident’s location surveillance camera.

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Deputies soon converged connected the country and stopped the man. He was recovered with items that deputies suspected to person been stolen.

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That antheral has since been arrested and is present facing charges of looting during a State of Emergency and possession of a controlled substance, among different charges.

The sheriff’s bureau notes that information patrols did much than 50 postulation stops successful the Caldor Fire evacuation country connected Tuesday alone.

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While they whitethorn beryllium doing dozens of postulation stops a day, the sheriff’s bureau stresses that – contrary to immoderate rumors – determination is nary wide looting going connected successful the Caldor Fire evacuation area.

CBS13 Staff