By admin 
The Woodland Police Department announced Friday that it had made five recent arrests in two separate investigations related to the County Fair Mall, both linked to burglary and attempted burglary.
Read more ‘Terrible’ blast aboard steamboat Washoe near Sacramento killed dozens in 1864
In the first incident on the morning of Aug. 24, mall employees observed suspicious individuals moving electrical wire in a shopping cart near the building through surveillance cameras, the Police Department said in a social media post. Police later located a gold SUV associated with three adult suspects, all from Sacramento. .
Police found heavy-gauge copper wire and burglary tools consistent with cutting conduit and electrical wire. Additional wire was located in a shopping cart near an unsecured mall entrance. Inside an electrical room, officers discovered removed panels, cut conduit and other incriminating evidence.
Police said drugs and drug paraphernalia were also recovered during the investigation. The stolen wire was valued at approximately $1,000.
Read more Sacramento news this week: CSU workers rally, Woodland flock cameras and more
The three suspects were arrested with burglary, conspiracy and additional property and drug related charges.
In the second incident, on Sept. 2, mall security called police after observing two individuals walking along the side of the former Gottschalks building at 1 a.m. Officers located two additional adult suspects, also Sacramento residents.
Police found a discarded backpack containing burglary tools nearby, and one of the suspects was found in possession of batteries associated with the tools. The pair were arrested for trespassing and possession of burglary tools.
Read more Bill to revamp Sacramento homeless policy is on Newsom’s desk. What would it do?