Sussex County– The Delaware State Police have arrested two suspects in connection with AT&T schemes regarding fraudulent package retrieval.

The Delaware State Police began investigating a series of fraud cases in October, 2019 in which suspects created fraudulent cellular phone accounts by stealing a persons identity, then have new cellular phones shipped to an address via FedEx/UPS. The suspects would be provided with a tracking number, then they responded to the location, obtained the package and took the cellular phones.

On October 29, 2019 at approximately 2:23 p.m., while Troopers were investigating one of these thefts complaints on Shadow Grove, Frankford, they were given a suspect vehicle description, a red Toyota Camry with New York registration.  The vehicle was subsequently observed in the area and a traffic stop was initiated.   Contact was made with the occupants in the vehicle, 23-year-old Jeison Canderlario of New York, NY and 23-year-old Felix Villa-Candelario of Bronx, NY.  Two new-in-box AT&T Samsung cellular phones were immediately observed inside the vehicle.   The suspects were taken into custody without incident and transported back to Troop 4.  A search warrant was obtained for the vehicle and a total of 10 AT&T Galaxy Note 10+’s were recovered.

Both suspects were charged with the following:

• Receiving Stolen Property Value Over $1500
• Conspiracy Second Degree
• Conspiracy 3rd Degree (2 counts)
• Criminal Trespass Third Degree (5 counts)

Jeison Canderlario and Felix Villa Candelario were arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $2505.00 secured bond.

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Presented by Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Melissa Jaffe

Released: 103019 1656

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