*Original Press Release*
On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 9:00 p.m., Beaumont Police responded to Public Storage located at 6160 Delaware in reference to a Burglary in Progress. Officers arrived and detained two suspects. The suspects were transported to the Beaumont Police Department to speak with Detectives. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are believed to have committed numerous additional burglaries of storage units in the Beaumont/Port Arthur areas in the last few months. They were placed under arrest for Burglary of a Building and transported to the Jefferson County Jail.
They were identified as Dilan Garcia-Rodrigue, a 27 year old Beaumont resident and Danny Mouton, a 46 year old Beaumont resident (both pictured below- Mouton with facial hair).
The investigation into the series of storage unit burglaries is on-going and additional charges and arrests are expected.
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Following the arrest of Garcia and Mouton, BPD Burglary Unit Detectives continued their investigation and learned that an additional suspect, identified as Rudy Rodriguez, a 25 year old Beaumont resident (technical issues uploading Rodriguez's mugshot. See Beaumont Police Facebook for that image) was involved in the numerous burglaries. Investigation revealed that the trio had burglarized over 20 units at multiple facilities in Beaumont and one facility in Port Arthur. BPD Detectives worked with Port Arthur PD to investigate and on Thursday, February 24, 2022, Port Arthur PD obtained arrest warrants for the three suspects in connection with the case in their city.
Garcia, Mouton and Rodriguez were taken into custody and transported to BPD to speak with Detectives. The investigations are on-going, however additional charges of Burglary and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity will be filed with the District Attorney's Office next week.
BPD is proud to have worked with Port Arthur PD to link these suspects to the numerous Burglaries and solve over 20 cases in an effort to bring justice to the victims.
