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Landscaper arrested for robbery after allegedly stealing an electric bicycle from the victim of the fire in Munte
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Landscaper arrested for robbery after allegedly stealing an electric bicycle from the victim of the fire in Munte

CAMARILLO, Calif. (KABC) — A landscaper was arrested Saturday in Camarillo after allegedly stealing an electric bicycle from a man whose property was damaged by the wildfire.

The incident happened on Friday when the victim was using his bicycle to check the damage to his property.

According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, he parked his bike in the driveway and walked around the front yard. That’s when he noticed his neighbor’s landscaping crew was in the area.

“When he returned to where he parked his bike, he found it had been taken,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “Because of the timing and proximity of the theft, he confronted the landscapers, who were at his neighbor’s home, and one of them admitted to taking the bike.”

The suspect, identified as Ramon Avila Pacheco, ended up returning the bike.

The victim reported the theft the next day when police were patrolling the area under an eviction order.

Deputies arrested Pacheco near Temple Avenue and Aloha Street on suspicion of robbery in an evacuation order area. He was admitted to the preventive detention center.

The incident remains under investigation.

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