CLARK COUNTY — The four men accused of targeting multimillion-dollar homes in a Southwest Ohio burglary spree were back in court in Clark County today.
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The Chilean men, Jordan Francisco Sanchez, 22; Alexander Esteban Huaiquil-Chavez, 24; Bastian Alejandro Morales, 23; and Sergio Andres Cabello, 38, have been charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, participating in a criminal gang, and possessing criminal tools.
News Center 7 was there on Monday as a defense attorney entered not guilty pleas and requests for reasonable bonds in their cases.
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As previously reported, the men appeared in court last week for what was supposed to be their assignment. That hearing turned into a bond hearing after there was no interpreter in court and a judge set each man’s bond at $250,000.
Despite the request by their defense attorney, the judge kept their bonds at $250,000.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, the men were stopped by Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers earlier this month with items believed to be stolen from a Hamilton County home on the same day as Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s Hamilton County home was broken into.
State troopers pulled the men over on Interstate 70 on Jan. 10 and conducted a search on their SUV.
During the search, an LSU shirt and a Cincinnati Bengals hat were found. They’re believed to be stolen during a burglary in Hamilton County on December 9, 2024. While they have not confirmed if these men are connected to the burglary at Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home, he did attend LSU and his Hamilton County home was broken into on December 9, 2024, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office report
Body camera video of troopers searching the SUV showed them find a tool used to break into homes inside a hidden compartment inside the glove box.
A special agent working the case recognized Morales as a person possibly involved in a Hamilton County burglary on Dec. 9, according to a probable cause affidavit. Two days after the burglary, Morales was allegedly seen on surveillance video at a McDonald’s in Miami, Florida exiting a Volkswagen Atlas known to be in the area of the burglary on Dec. 9.
Chavez was also seen walking out of the La Quinta Hotel in Fairborn on Jan. 10 with a duffle bag similar to one also seen exiting that Volkswagen Atlas in Miami on Dec. 11.
After being taken into custody, three of the four men allegedly lied about their identities again and told investigators they were in Ohio “for vacation to see the snow.”
All four men remain booked in the Clark County Jail.
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