DATE/TIME: November 7, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m.
INCIDENT: PC 487 - Grand Theft
PC 496 - Possession of Stolen Property
LOCATION: 13000 block of Calimesa Blvd, Yucaipa
SUSPECT(S): Anthony Castillo, 31-year-old, Resident of Yucaipa
Albert Terriquez, 32-year-old, Resident of Yucaipa
VICTIM(S): Verizon
SUMMARY: On November 7, 2026, deputies assigned to the Yucaipa Station investigated the theft of Verizon telephone service wire near Calimesa Boulevard and Avenue G. Their preliminary investigation determined the wire had been cut a couple of days prior and left in the dirt before being moved to a different location.
Through investigative leads, deputies learned the stolen wire was located at a mobile home park on County Line Road in Yucaipa. Deputies responded to the mobile home park and contacted three subjects, including Anthony Castillo and Albert Terriquez. Deputies located the suspected stolen Verizon telephone service wire in an open utility trailer used by Castillo and Terriquez. Deputies recovered approximately 50 feet of 3-inch-diameter copper telephone line valued at more than $5,000.
At the end of the investigation, deputies arrested Castillo and Terriquez for Penal Code 496 - Possession or Receiving Stolen Property, and Penal Code 487 - Grand Theft. Both Castillo and Terriquez were booked into the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino.
Anyone with additional information regarding this case is asked to contact Yucaipa Police Dispatch at (909) 790-3100 or the Yucaipa Sheriff’s Station at (909) 918-2305. Callers wishing to remain anonymous should call or text "REPORT" to We-Tip at 844-909-3006. Online reporting is also available at https://mobile.catapultems.com/sbcsd/Sites.
Refer: Deputy N. Vasquez
Station: Yucaipa Station
Phone No. (909) 918-2305
Case No. 142603506
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
