A series of vehicle burglaries at Bakersfield College has ended with the arrest of two 19-year-olds and a juvenile.

Jose Luis Casas of Bakersfield and Julio Cesar Cisneros of Arvin were arrested Sept. 17 by the Bakersfield Police Department.

A 16-year-old also was arrested in the investigation. His case is being handled in Juvenile Court.

On Sept. 17, campus security, already on alert about recent vehicle burglaries, had set up a surveillance team that saw the suspects entering the southeast parking lot around 10 a.m. in their pickup truck.

According to Superior Court documents, they stole a stereo from a student’s vehicle and came back later in an attempt to break into more vehicles.

Campus security notified the BPD, which made the arrest in the 2400 block of Mount Vernon Avenue around 1:25 p.m.

Police seized several items including stolen radios, TVs, video recorders, vehicle parts and tools that were found in the suspects’ vehicle at the time of their arrest.

Both suspects were charged with vehicle burglary and receiving known stolen property. In addition, Cisneros was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia for half a gram of amphetamines/methamphetamines seized from his vehicle on Sept. 18.

At the pre-preliminary hearing on Oct. 2 , Cisneros and Casas were both sentenced to serve almost a year in jail and placed on three years probation. They also have to pay a total of $185 in restitution fines and legal costs.

Cisneros admitted breaking into two student vehicles at BC and stealing items from them on Sept. 11 and 15. However, police believed the trio was involved in more burglaries, said police Detective Mary DeGeare.

The suspects told officers that they used a wrench to smash car windows. in previous break-ins. In this case, they got in through a window that was rolled down slightly.

BC was experiencing about two burglaries per week. Since the arrest, they are down to zero, said security Chief Mark Graf.