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4 arrested in The Style Shop burglary
Published November 7, 2009
Four persons have been arrested for breaking into a downtown clothing store and stealing more than $5,000 worth of merchandise.
Daniel Avila, 17, 408 Avila Lane; Jose Humberto Flores, 24, 559 Duck Pond Road; Fernando Javier Fernandez, 26, 105 La Grande St.; and Jesus Jaime Fernandez, 19, 105 La Grande St., were arrested during the first week in October, according to records released recently by the Del Rio Police Department.
Avila, Flores, Jesus Fernandez and Fernando Fernandez have each been charged with the offense of burglary of a building, a state jail felony, the reports on their arrests showed.
The four are accused of breaking into The Style Shop, 733 S. Main St. sometime between 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and 2 a.m. Sept. 23.
More than $5,000 in merchandise, including belts, Western hats, shirts, jackets, sports coats, jeans and shoes, were stolen during the break-in.
DRPD Capt. Antonio Becerra, who heads the police department's criminal investigations division, said investigating the burglary was a team effort by his detectives.
Becerra said not all of the property taken in the burglary has been recovered and said the four men arrested in connection with the break-in were taken into police custody without incident at their homes.
Rudy Cardenas, who is a partner in The Style Shop and who has served as its manager since 1972, lauded the efforts of the police in tracking down the burglars.
“The police were very professional. They did an excellent job and kept me informed. Now I'm just waiting to find out when these individuals are going to go to court,” Cardenas told the News-Herald Friday afternoon.
Cardenas said he learned about the burglary when DRPD Senior Officer Ronzina Adauto called his home about 3 a.m. on Sept. 23.
“It was unexpected,” said Cardenas, who noted that the business, which has been located in Del Rio's historic downtown since 1954, hasn't been broken into in more than a decade.
“My first reaction, to be honest with you, was shock. I was shocked that someone would have burglarized the store. We do have an alarm system, but evidently someone bypassed it,” Cardenas said.
Cardenas said he does not know any of the young men who broke into the shop, but said, “We've made some changes, and I'm certainly more aware of who comes in the store since the burglary happened.”
But he was also philosophical.
“Really, this type of thing goes with the territory when you have a business, any kind of business. These things happen, and we take them in stride,” Cardenas said.
Daniel Avila, 17, 408 Avila Lane; Jose Humberto Flores, 24, 559 Duck Pond Road; Fernando Javier Fernandez, 26, 105 La Grande St.; and Jesus Jaime Fernandez, 19, 105 La Grande St., were arrested during the first week in October, according to records released recently by the Del Rio Police Department.
Avila, Flores, Jesus Fernandez and Fernando Fernandez have each been charged with the offense of burglary of a building, a state jail felony, the reports on their arrests showed.
The four are accused of breaking into The Style Shop, 733 S. Main St. sometime between 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and 2 a.m. Sept. 23.
More than $5,000 in merchandise, including belts, Western hats, shirts, jackets, sports coats, jeans and shoes, were stolen during the break-in.
DRPD Capt. Antonio Becerra, who heads the police department's criminal investigations division, said investigating the burglary was a team effort by his detectives.
Becerra said not all of the property taken in the burglary has been recovered and said the four men arrested in connection with the break-in were taken into police custody without incident at their homes.
Rudy Cardenas, who is a partner in The Style Shop and who has served as its manager since 1972, lauded the efforts of the police in tracking down the burglars.
“The police were very professional. They did an excellent job and kept me informed. Now I'm just waiting to find out when these individuals are going to go to court,” Cardenas told the News-Herald Friday afternoon.
Cardenas said he learned about the burglary when DRPD Senior Officer Ronzina Adauto called his home about 3 a.m. on Sept. 23.
“It was unexpected,” said Cardenas, who noted that the business, which has been located in Del Rio's historic downtown since 1954, hasn't been broken into in more than a decade.
“My first reaction, to be honest with you, was shock. I was shocked that someone would have burglarized the store. We do have an alarm system, but evidently someone bypassed it,” Cardenas said.
Cardenas said he does not know any of the young men who broke into the shop, but said, “We've made some changes, and I'm certainly more aware of who comes in the store since the burglary happened.”
But he was also philosophical.
“Really, this type of thing goes with the territory when you have a business, any kind of business. These things happen, and we take them in stride,” Cardenas said.
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