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Arrests in the "Flat Tire Ruse" Case

 See the attachment for the Torrance Police Press Release and use the link 
below to the Daily Breeze article.

John Bailey, President
Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc. (SETHA)


3 arrested on suspicion of stealing money, flattening tires, Torrance police 
say
By NATHANIEL PERCY | npercy@scng.com | Daily Breeze
PUBLISHED: February 28, 2019 at 4:29 pm | UPDATED: February 28, 2019 at 6:47 
pm


Three Hawthorne residents were arrested this week on suspicion of stealing 
money from vehicles after flattening their tires, Torrance police said 
Thursday, Feb. 28.

Omar Baltazar, 39, Monica Diaz-Sanchez, 39 and Sandra Baltazar-Diaz, 18, 
were arrested in Hawthorne Monday, Feb. 25, Torrance police Sgt. Ronald 
Harris said.


Investigators recovered $80,000 they believed to be stolen, Harris said.

Torrance detectives investigated two mid-February incidents in which the 
suspects allegedly followed the victims from banks, distracted them while 
flattening a tire and then stole money from the vehicle, Harris said.

The three suspects were charged Wednesday by the Los Angeles County District 
Attorney’s Office with crimes committed in Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El 
Segundo, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Glendale and Los Angeles, Harris said. 
Torrance police collaborated with the Glendale Police Department and other 
South Bay police agencies to identify the suspects.

Detectives believe the trio may be involved in similar crimes on the East 
Coast, Harris said.

Baltazar and Diaz-Sanchez were being held in jail on $500,000 bail each, 
according to jail records. Holding information on Baltazar-Diaz was not 
immediately available.

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