Rocklin woman's tip leads cops to Elk Grove and burglary suspects

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By Art Campos - acampos@sacbee.com
Published 10:53 am PST Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - Sacramento Bee

A sharp-eyed resident's tip about an unfamiliar car in the neighborhood led to the arrests of five people connected with a burglary ring, Rocklin police say.

Police received the woman's call Monday morning and rushed to the 5800 block of Ford Road to discover the car gone and a neighbor's home burglarized, said Lt. Lon Milka.

Missing from the home was $11,000 worth of computers and musical instruments, Milka said.

However, the tipster had written down the license plate of an unfamiliar Dodge sedan that parked in the neighbor's driveway, allowing police to trace the vehicle to a residence in Elk Grove, he said.

Milka said police went to the home Tuesday and arrested a parolee for the burglary.

Evidence found in the home led detectives to an apartment in Sacramento, where they found more stolen items, he said.

Four people in the apartment, including two more parolees, were arrested, he said.

Additional evidence pointed the detectives to a storage locker in Rio Linda, where they found items stolen in the Rocklin burglary and property from a Roseville theft that also had occurred on Monday, Milka said.

Arrested on suspicion of burglary and parole violations were Jason Blevins, 27, of Elk Grove, and Greg Emery, 42, and Charles Jason Lee, 36, both of Sacramento.

Two women - Sandy Graves, 35, of Sacramento and Jeralino Catlin, 28, who gave no address - were booked on suspicion of possession of stolen property.

All of the suspects were held in the Placer County jail in Auburn, Milka said.

"Without the alert neighbor, there is no telling how many more victims we might have had," Milka said.