Two Thermal men arrested for agricultural theft
Authorities arrested two Thermal men on Tuesday, following an investigation on agricultural thefts in the east valley.
Thermal Station deputies assigned to the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team were investigating a recent increase in agricultural thefts in Thermal and Mecca area farms.
Their investigation led them to a date crop near Avenue 66 and Martinez Road in Thermal. District Team deputies apprehended two suspects who were in the process of cutting and removing Barhi dates from several trees.
24-year-old Marco Basilio, and 34-year-old Noe Moreno were arrested and booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio for felony theft of agriculture.
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