Bait package with GPS left on Arcadia porch to catch suspected thieves

ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) -- Arcadia police used a bait box to catch suspected package thieves, who also turned out to allegedly have a stolen car, drugs and a taser.

A bait package equipped with a GPS device was left on a porch of a home in the 1700 block of N. Highland Oaks, police said.
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The package was stolen on Dec. 8 and police used the GPS to track down the suspects a short time later in a business parking lot on Huntington Drive in Monrovia.

They found the bait package with the suspects, but also say they discovered an added bonus: drugs, stolen mail, burglary tools, a ski mask and a taser in their Honda Accord.

Then they found out the car itself had been stolen two days earlier.
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Police they say arrested and booked three suspects on various felony charges related to the incident: Melissa A. Arambula, 35, of El Monte; Sean M. Clemens, 45 of Covina, and Nickolas R. Martinez Jr., 41, of Basset.

Arcadia police say in a separate, unrelated use of a bait package, a parolee and a second suspect were arrested on Dec. 16.