Two RT guards are held in theft of game console at station.
By Stan Oklobdzija - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, September 13, 2007
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B1
As part of an ongoing anti-theft campaign, the Rancho Cordova Police Department baited a trap.
They left a popular video game console on the back seat of a car in the parking lot of the Mather Field light-rail station.
Monday night at 10:30 p.m., the bait was taken.
Using "sophisticated electronic surveillance equipment," hidden in the game console, officers took up the chase.
They didn't have far to look. The trail led a short distance away -- to the small building used by the station's security guards.
Rancho Cordova Detective Sgt. Pete James said officers confronted the two guards on duty and found the game console stashed inside a trash bag in a file cabinet.
The guards, Ashneel Kumar, 18, of North Highlands and Daniil Shevchuk, 19, of Sacramento, admitted breaking into the vehicle and stealing the game system, James said.
Both are in custody on three felony charges related to the theft and break-in, according to jail records.
The two were employed by the Wackenhut Corp., which provides security at some light-rail facilities, said Sacramento Regional Transit District Deputy General Manager Mike Wiley.
A manager at Wackenhut's Sacramento office refused to comment on the incident.
Wiley said it is his understanding that Kumar and Shevchuk are no longer employed by Wackenhut.
RT and Wackenhut will investigate whether any past thefts were related to the guards, Wiley said.
Link even has their pictures.
By Stan Oklobdzija - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, September 13, 2007
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B1
As part of an ongoing anti-theft campaign, the Rancho Cordova Police Department baited a trap.
They left a popular video game console on the back seat of a car in the parking lot of the Mather Field light-rail station.
Monday night at 10:30 p.m., the bait was taken.
Using "sophisticated electronic surveillance equipment," hidden in the game console, officers took up the chase.
They didn't have far to look. The trail led a short distance away -- to the small building used by the station's security guards.
Rancho Cordova Detective Sgt. Pete James said officers confronted the two guards on duty and found the game console stashed inside a trash bag in a file cabinet.
The guards, Ashneel Kumar, 18, of North Highlands and Daniil Shevchuk, 19, of Sacramento, admitted breaking into the vehicle and stealing the game system, James said.
Both are in custody on three felony charges related to the theft and break-in, according to jail records.
The two were employed by the Wackenhut Corp., which provides security at some light-rail facilities, said Sacramento Regional Transit District Deputy General Manager Mike Wiley.
A manager at Wackenhut's Sacramento office refused to comment on the incident.
Wiley said it is his understanding that Kumar and Shevchuk are no longer employed by Wackenhut.
RT and Wackenhut will investigate whether any past thefts were related to the guards, Wiley said.
Link even has their pictures.
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