Four people suspected of carrying out a series of jewelry store burglaries in Sacramento and Lodi as part of an alleged Colombian theft ring have been formally arraigned on felony charges, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.

District Attorney Ron Freitas said the defendants each face three counts of second-degree burglary in connection with the attempted October burglary at Lodi Pawn & Jewelry and a September break-in at Alba Jewelry in Sacramento.

The defendants have since been identified as Sandro Fabian Torres-Morales, Orlando Goyeneche-Sanchez, Miguel Alejandro Osorio-Castaneda and Melany Dayan Pascagaza-Correa. After their arrests following the Lodi burglary, law enforcement officials said all were Colombian nationals and that Torres-Morales owned

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