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TWO TEENAGE GIRLS ARE IN JAIL
TONIGHT.
AUSTIN POLICE BELIEVE THEY
PULLED OFF MORE THAN 20
BURGLARIES, ABOUT HALF OF THEM
WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF THE
ANDERSON LANE APARTMENT WHERE
THEY LIVED.
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UNDER ARREST ARE 17 YEAR OLD
"CRISTAL GOMEZ" AND 19 YEAR
OLD "KAYLA WRIGHT", APPARENTLY
CAUGHT ON A STOLEN DIGITAL
CAMERA SHOWING THEM WITH SOME
OF THE LOOT.
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KXAN'S DAVID SCOTT HAS MORE ON
THE CRIME SPREE, AND ONE
FAMILY THAT WAS A TARGET OF
THE THIEVES.
THIEVES.
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APD SAYS THE BRAZEN BURGLARS
MOVED QUICKLY IN THE LIGHT OF
DAY, PAWNING WHAT THEY COULD,
KEEPING THE REST. SOME STUFF
HAS BEEN RECOVERED, MUCH HAS NOT.
NOT.
A BUSTED DOOR LEFTOVER FROOM
THE DAY BLAKE WEST WAS
BURGLARIZED ONE AUGUST
MORNING. HE AND HIS TWO
DAUGHTERS MUST HAVE MISSED THE
THIEVES BY MINUTES, FREAKING
OUT HIM AND THE GIRLS.
GIRLS."WAIT HERE I'M GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AROUND. BASICALLY
I TOLD THEM LOOK WHEN YOU COME
INSIDE THE HOUSE IS GOING TO
BE A LITTLE TORN UP, YOU MAY
FIND SOME THINGS OF YOURS ARE MISSING."
MISSING."HE WAS ANGRY.
ANGRY."IT'S UP THERE, I FEEL
VERY VIOLATED. SO I WAS
PLEASED THEY CAUGHT THEM."
THEM."BLAKE, MICHELE PORTER
AND THEIR DAUGHTERS LOST MUCH,
A COMPUTER, DIGITAL CAMERA,
APPLIANCES, CASH, JEWELRY AND
THE GIRLS' COIN JARS AND TOYS.
TOYS."WE GOT A FEW THINGS BACK
LIKE OUR COMPUTER. MOST
EVERYTHING WAS GONE, LIKE
JEWELRY AND CASH. WE DIDN'T
GET BACK VERY MUCH.
MUCH.MOST FAMILY PICTURES WERE
ERASED, BUT THERE ARE NEW
PICS, TAKEN HALF AN HOUR AFTER
MICHELE LEFT FOR WORK.
WORK."THAT'S THEM RIGHT HERE
AT 7:59 IN THE CAR, WITH OUR
MICROWAVE IN BETWEEN THEM."
THEM."I THINK THESE ARE THE
TWO WHO'VE BEEN CHARGED.
THERE'S OUR MICROWAVE, AND
HE'S DRIVING.
HE IS MOISES VILLAFRANCO. HE
TOLD POLICE HE WAS DUPED INTO
THIS, TOLD BY THE GIRLS HE WAS
HELPING THEIR FRIEND
MOVE.....BUT HE WASN'T TALKING
TO KXAN TODAY. THE
INVESTIGATION OF HIM GOES ON.
BLAKE AND MICHELE LOST MOST OF
THEIR TREASURED FAMILY PHOTOS,
BUT THERE ARE NOW NEW PHOTOS
ON THEIR COMPUTER AND THEY RUB
SALT IN THE WOUND.
"AT LIKE 8:54 THEY'RE ALREADY
AT THEIR HOUSE GOING THROUGH
OUR STUFF. WE DIDN'T REALIZE
THEY HAD TAKEN SOME OF THESE
THINGS. THIS ISN'T OUR STUFF
BUT THAT VIDEO IS OURS, THIS
IS HER SAFE. THIS IS OUR
COMPUTER, THIS IS MY JEWELRY.
GOING THROUGH OUR STUFF."
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APD SAYS CRISTAL GOMEZ AND
KYLA WRIGHT CONFESSED TO
MULTIPLE BURGLARIES AND
PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT
WHERE SOME OF THE STOLEN
PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.DAVID
SCOTT, KXAN NEWS.