GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A Colombian national will spend 70 months in prison after pleading guilty to crimes related to his role as a leader of a multistate burglary ring.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey said John Sebastian Quintero-Herera participated in the ring with six other illegal aliens.
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VerHey described the crimes. “These professional burglars made over $1,500,000 breaking into people’s homes, but perhaps the most precious thing they stole from their victims was their sense of security and safety.” VerHey added, “I salute law enforcement’s ability to track down and stop these people men, but the fact remains that they should never have been allowed inside our borders to do this.”
Officials said the burglars targeted small business owners and used GPS surveillance to track their movements. The criminals would sometimes cut the power when breaking into the homes, then ransacked the houses while they grabbed cash, personal documents, and other valuables.
Six of the seven people involved in the conspiracy have pleaded guilty. The other remains at large:
- John Quintero-Herrera, 70 months in prison for interstate transportation of stolen property
- Iesua Ramirez-Perez, 39 months in prison for conspiracy to transport stolen property
- Ivan Chaparro-Perez, 42 months for conspiracy to transport stolen property
- William Villarraga-Joya, 90 months for interstate transportation of stolen property
- Paul Mendoza-Arevalo, 48 months for conspiracy to transport stolen property
- Wendy Acosta-Arevalo, 24 months for interstate transportation of stolen property
