Updated: 11:04 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, 2006 | Posted: 10:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Police: Car Break-Ins Bankrolling Gang Members
PINEVILLE, N.C. —
Gangs are behind many of the car break-ins and car thefts in Pineville, police said Tuesday night.
Officers said they arrested two members of the MS-13 gang Monday night as they were breaking into a car at the Pines apartments.
Police charged German Toscano and Leonel Hidalgo with larceny from auto and possession of a stolen car.
Investigators say they're looking at these two men in connection with several other car larcenies across Pineville.
They say the crime allows gang members to turn a quick profit on the street and pour the money back into running a gang.
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