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Derik Reyes tagged as culprit in troop store burglary
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Posted on Jun 06 2012
»DPS seeks public’s help in locating suspect
By Ferdie de la Torre
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Acting Department of Public Safety commissioner Ambrosio T. Ogumoro asked for the public’s help yesterday in finding Derik C. Reyes, the suspect in the burglary at the U.S. Army Reserve Center’s troop store in Puerto Rico, Saipan.
Ogumoro said that Superior Court associate judge Joseph N. Camacho issued a warrant on Monday for the arrest of the 31-year-old Reyes on charges of burglary, theft, and criminal mischief. Camacho imposed an $11,250 cash bail.
Ogumoro said the police have made several attempts to locate Reyes at his residence and have contacted family and friends, hoping he would surrender.
Police spokesman Jason Tarkong said that DPS calls on all law enforcers in the CNMI and the community to work diligently to capture the suspect and bring him to justice.
“Please call 911 if the suspect is spotted. Do not attempt to apprehend him,” Tarkong said.
The U.S. Army Reserve Center’s troop store was burglarized on May 30 and the suspect was caught on surveillance camera committing the crime. Items stolen were a 32-inch Panasonic LCD flat screen TV, HP 201 monitors, and Bose portable music systems, all estimated to cost over $1,500.
Police investigation showed that the suspect used a bolt cutter to cut the padlock on a shipping container used as a storage room of the troop store.
Reyes was also reportedly arrested in 2011 after a surveillance camera caught him and his companion in the act of stealing two flat screen TV sets, towels, and other items from a hotel in Garapan.
