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The men are suspected of burglarizing or attempting to burglarize nine stores, each time using stolen vehicles to ram into the storefronts, smashing display cases and fleeing with firearms in other stolen cars.

Another resident, Andrés Calderón, 40, said several people in the neighborhood hadn’t wanted to leave their homes, fearing that thieves would burglarize them.

He proposed ideas include aggregating theft amounts and creating penalties targeting those who resell stolen property and burglarize cars .

Add in the closure of businesses, and young people with a criminal itch to shoplift or burglarize stores began looking to steal cars.

Afterward, the men plotted additional ways to cause power outages by felling trees in order to cut power and burglarize businesses and steal from ATMs, Gorman said.