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Burglary suspects sentenced after pleading guilty

Burglary suspects sentenced after pleading guilty

A pair of suspects arrested in a burglary investigation in Desert Center were serving probation today after pleading guilty.

Desert Center resident John Bell, 56, and Andrew Grana, 49, of Earp in San Bernardino County, each pleaded guilty to one count of burglary Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center from Indio, according to case files.

A second count of burglary and an additional conspiracy charge were dismissed for both defendants on the same day.

Bell and Grana both received a sentence that includes 24 months of probation and less than a month in Riverside County Sheriff’s custody, according to case records. It was not immediately known if additional parts of the sentence were involved.

Deputies at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Colorado River Station were notified of a burglary shortly after noon on Sept. 11, authorities said in a statement. The reporting party saw “two male subjects … attempting to open doors and windows” on security camera footage before the pair left, according to the sheriff’s department.

The terms of both men’s sentences included a ban within 100 meters of 45200 Kaiser Road, located on the street named in the statement.

A description of the suspects and their vehicle was provided to deputies, who located a matching vehicle and two males identified as Bell and Grana.

Both were booked into the Blythe Jail. According to inmate records, Grana was released later that day, while Bell was transferred to the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio and released on Sept. 24.

Officials declined to say what was actually stolen.