Henderson constabulary person arrested 2 radical successful a drawstring of residential burglaries that targeted the homes of radical who precocious died, according to constabulary records.
Shawn James Baird is charged with 2 counts of felony residential burglary. Yolanda Marie Gonzalez is charged with felony penetration of the home, expansive larceny worth much than $100,000, and expansive larceny of a firearm.
A Henderson constabulary apprehension study successful the lawsuit indicates the 2 were charged aft constabulary probed 3 location invasions successful Henderson and 1 successful Las Vegas from February done June. Police said successful the heavy redacted study that Baird, whose property was not released, and Gonzalez, 44, were actively progressive successful monitoring and discussing online obituaries successful the days starring up to the location invasions, and that astatine slightest 1 of the homes targeted belonged to a pistillate who was featured successful an online obituary.
More than $600,000 successful money, guns, sports memorabilia, jewelry and adjacent a important uncommon coin postulation were stolen and person yet to beryllium recovered.
After Baird was identified arsenic a fishy successful the case, detectives served a hunt warrant for Baird’s Facebook leafage and recovered helium followed the Facebook leafage “Obituaries successful Las Vegas - Nevada.”
“It should beryllium noted that Shawn followed this leafage astir 5 (5) days earlier the archetypal location penetration occurred,” constabulary wrote.
Baird, Gonzalez and others were besides captured connected video surveillance erstwhile they attempted to merchantability coins astatine a coin store successful Las Vegas, constabulary said. An attendant astatine the store recognized the coins arsenic apt belonging to 1 of the precocious victims, whom helium had known previously, and called police.
“Numerous messages, screenshots, searches, etc., were located connected some of Shawn’s phones containing grounds of the location invasions,” constabulary said, adding they recovered messages connected the phones “in notation to obituaries and checking retired the addresses of the deceased homeowners.”
Gonzalez was arrested connected Aug. 14. Police said a integrative jar containing a fistful of coins was recovered successful her car. She concisely talked to police. When constabulary asked her what her engagement successful the location invasions were, she stated “the lone happening she would bash was look up names that Shawn would nonstop her.”
She past invoked her close to an attorney. Baird besides invoked his close to an lawyer erstwhile arrested.
Court records amusement Baird posted a $35,000 enslaved aft his apprehension and is retired of custody. Gonzalez, meanwhile, remains successful custody.
Brief hearings were held successful Henderson Justice Court connected Thursday to consolidate the cases for some suspects, and Baird was not successful court. An lawyer for Baird declined remark and an lawyer for Gonzalez, who appeared via Zoom during Thursday’s tribunal proceedings, could not beryllium reached aft the fact.
Baird was listed successful the constabulary study arsenic having anterior arrests for possession of narcotics, DUI, possessing a weapon by a prohibited person, possession of a stolen vehicle, theft, trafficking a controlled substance, burglary, possession of stolen property, a parole violation, expansive larceny and aggregate postulation related charges.
The lawsuit is the 2nd successful Henderson successful caller months successful which constabulary made arrests successful serial burglaries. Yusuf Tahir Scott, 32, and Leonte Mcclay, 26, were arrested and charged with much than a twelve felonies including burglary, location invasion, expansive larceny, and theft much than $100,000 successful location burglaries successful a drawstring of location invasions, galore of which unfolded successful the country of Seven Hills of Henderson.
Contact Glenn Puit astatine gpuit@reviewjournal.com.
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