A parolee and another man suspected of forcing their way into a Moreno Valley home and attempting to burglarize it until an alert neighbor called 911 and deputies swarmed the location were behind bars Thursday.
Pedro Alejandro Rodriguez, 31, of Mead Valley, and Antine Avery, 33, of Perris, were arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside Wednesday night on suspicion of first-degree burglary, felony vandalism, conspiracy, possession of controlled substances and resisting arrest. Rodriguez was additionally booked for alleged parole violations.
He was being held without bail, and Avery was being held on $35,000 bail.
According to Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy David Barr, about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the pair allegedly perpetrated a “door kick” break-in at an unoccupied residence in the 25000 block of Iris Avenue, near Perris Boulevard.
A neighbor was alerted to the activity and watched as the suspects roamed “inside (the house) with flashlights,” Barr alleged.
“Deputies arrived within minutes and began setting up a perimeter,” he said. “Both suspects fled as deputies approached.”
With the help of a sheriff’s helicopter crew, patrol deputies located and apprehended the two men as they attempted to run away, according to the sheriff’s spokesman.
No one was injured.
The estimated damage to the house was unavailable, as was background information on the suspects.