3 men indicted for Groves gun safe burglary with jamming device
Published 12:18 am Saturday, June 8, 2024
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GROVES — Three Houston men reportedly caught stealing a gun safe and using a device to jam police radio signals were indicted this week.
The charges are in relation to a May 8 break-in.
Jaider Quinones-Riascos, 31, of Houston and Jonathan Zuniga-Bravo, 39, a Houston transient, were indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury this week, and Pedro Henry, 29, of Houston was indicted last week.
Groves Police Department officers were called at approximately 11:33 p.m. May 8 to the 3700 block of Debbie Avenue for a possible burglary in progress involving multiple suspects.
When officers arrived they saw two men in a field and a short foot chase occurred.
They men were apprehended and identified as Henry and Zuniga-Bravo, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Officers located a blue-and-black bag in the field where the men were running and inside was a gray device later determined to be a wi-fi-jamming device used to jam police radio signals.
Police arriving at the home on Debbie Avenue reportedly found a Dodge Durango backed into the driveway with a large gun safe loaded in the back of the truck.
Officers called in a K9 unit to assist and after the tracking was done, officers were walking across 39th Street when a Nissan SUV came close to striking the officers. The driver was asked to stop via hand signal and police believed the driver might be a suspect in the crime.
The man, later identified as Quinones-Riascos, said he was Columbian, and a Spanish-speaking officer was called.
Quinones-Riascos claimed to be a contractor working at a nearby house, but police noted he did not appear dirty from work.
While speaking with Quinones-Riascos, officers noted the GPS information had the Debbie Avenue address and the call log showed the name Jonathan that matched one of the first two suspects.
A phone seized from one of the other men had a call from someone listed as J.Q., which matches the initials of Jaider Quinones-Riascos, according to the document.
All three men were arrested and remain in the county jail on multiple charges.