Published: July 10, 2008 10:26 pm         

Mexican nationals charged in auto theft

BEDFORD — Two Mexican nationals were jailed after they were found in possession of a stolen car in Snake Spring Township, state police in Everett said.

Troopers said Soel Santizo Mendez, 32, and Juan Perez Robledo, 19, were found near a disabled vehicle on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on July 4.

A check of the registration of the 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra showed it had been stolen that day from Hammonton, N.J.

Both were charged with receiving stolen property. Mendez also was charged with providing false information to police for claiming his name was Carlos Brabo, troopers said.

They were arraigned by District Judge Tonya Osman of Schellsburg and sent to the Bedford County Jail. Bond for Robledo was $25,000 and $30,000 for Mendez.

     

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