PROVIDENCE — Four Guatemalan nationals have been arrested for allegedly participating in a crime ring responsible for the thefts of thousands of dollars in merchandise from Home Depot stores, including ones in Seekonk, South Attleboro, Mansfield and Bellingham.
The suspects face charges of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen goods in U.S. District Court in Providence, the Rhode Island U.S. attorney’s office said Monday.
The suspects were identified as Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz, 33, Abraham Dayger-Enrique, 24, Sebastian Lajuj-Soloman, 30, and Jonathan Josue Amperez-Perez, 31, all of Providence.
They allegedly worked together and with others to defraud Home Depot stores mainly in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania by stealing electrical wire, flooring, power tools, and other high-value items and sometimes reselling the merchandise, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Seekonk police arrested one of the suspects outside the Home Depot on Route 6 on Dec. 23, 2020, and recovered almost $1,800 in flooring from that store and...
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