A Carson City couple face multiple felony burglary charges after authorities found thousands of stolen items valued more than $300,000 inside their home. The discovery, according to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, is likely the largest burglary ring foiled in at least 10 years.
Authorities on Dec. 11 arrested Timothy Sparacinio, 25, and Jeira Polanco, 24, both Carson City residents, who resided in the 200 block of David Street. Furlong noted the recovery is also the single largest in at least a decade, with recovered stolen computers and equipment, jewelry, skis, guitars, paintings, prints and other works of art.
The initial arrest was made by Parole and Probation who went to the home to serve warrants for probation violations. While at the residence the authorities made the discovery of what appeared to be stolen jewelry, art, iPads, antiques and fine China. A search warrant was issued and the items were recovered, Furlong said. The pair are being held without bail because of their parole violations.
The couple are believed to have burglarized homes dating back at least six months between Carson City and Douglas County. Because of the enormity of the items recovered and trying to match victims of burglaries with the items recovered the process is taking a long time.
"With this single case, it is literally expected to exceed $300,000 in items recovered with thousands of pieces discovered in the recovery," said Furlong. "The department is overwhelmed with labor to bring victims in to account for the property."
This one arrest could easily surpass 20 residential burglaries in Carson City and Douglas counties alone, he said.
Furlong said the Sheriff's Office has beefed up staffing to deal with the size and scope of the burglary arrests, calling it "highly labor intensive." He said the Sheriff's Office is working as rapidly as it can to contact victims, but that it is taking a long time to get the sheer amount of stolen items processed to release to the victims.
"We realize that many victims are waiting. We are working as diligently as we can, not only with the victims but with the District Attorney's Office," said Furlong. "In having viewed the full impact of this one significant break, we have pulled our officers from other positions to process evidence and to work with victims and will continue to do this through the holidays."
