Five Suspected Gang Members Arrested in Alleged Home Invasion in San Clemente
KTLA reports that five men were arrested over the weekend that are believed by authorities to have forced their way into a person’s home and held them at knifepoint.
According to the article, at about 4 a.m. on July 10, deputies in Orange County responded to reports of the alleged home invasion in San Clemente. Officials allege the men attempted to rob the man living in the home by holding him at knifepoint. The five men are suspected gang members. A perimeter was set up around the house and deputies arrested all five men, with the last man arrested around 10:30 a.m. All of the men were arrested on suspicion of home invasion with gang enhancements. Officials report that nothing was taken from the man’s home that was allegedly invaded by the men.
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