A woman told police she was confronted by three burglars in her Ridgefield home Wednesday night.
Three suspects were later arrested.
A resident at 2021 S. Osprey Drive in Ridgefield called 911 just after 9 p.m. to report that she was upstairs, home alone, and could hear noises at the lower level of the residence, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The caller, still on the phone with a dispatcher, was confronted by the suspects, who took her phone and broke it, the sheriff’s office said. They left with an unknown amount of property.
A Ridgefield police officer responded and reportedly saw the suspects’ vehicle leaving the area. The officer began a pursuit.
The vehicle crashed a short distance later, and three men inside fled on foot, deputies reported.
A sheriff’s deputy responding to the area located one suspect after a short foot chase and took that suspect into custody.
Law enforcement with the assistance of the sheriff’s office K-9 searched the area for the remaining two suspects. The dog tracked the suspects to a large swampy area east of where the crash occurred and found them hiding in a clump of brush. They, too, were taken into custody.
The three men were arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary: Omar Reyes Ortega, 25, of Houston, Texas; and Edgar B. Torres, 35, and Jean Carlos Bachemolina, 42, both of Monroe, La. Ortega was also arrested on suspicion of attempting to elude police.
The sheriff’s office Major Crimes Unit responded to assist the Ridgefield Police Department.
