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Suspect arrested in series of San Diego County brewery break-ins

Posted at 8:46 AM, Aug 01, 2019
and last updated 2019-08-03 10:04:52-04

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) - Police arrested a man believed to be behind a series of burglaries that targeted breweries or restaurants throughout San Diego and Riverside counties.

Oceanside police announced Thursday that 42-year-old Nathaniel Maynard, of Hemet, was arrested in connection with multiple commercial burglaries that occurred between March and July.

Police said breweries, family restaurants or other family-owned businesses around San Diego and Riverside counties were victimized in the burglary series.

According to police, evidence obtained from the break-ins -- including surveillance video – led them to identify Maynard as the prime suspect in the case.

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On July 21, Oceanside police and Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested Maynard “after he was observed attempting to make entry into the window of Wiens [Brewing] in Temecula. Items linking Maynard to several of the other burglaries from both San Diego and Riverside County were found inside his vehicle.”

A woman with Maynard, identified as 35-year-old Leticia Esparza, was also arrested in the July 21 incident, police said.

Five days after the arrests, investigators executed a search warrant at Maynard’s Hemet home and found “more evidence linking Maynard to the burglaries.”

On July 31, another search warrant was served at a location in Oceanside, and investigators found “stolen property from the Twisted Horn Brewing in Vista.”

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An unidentified woman believed to be Maynard’s girlfriend was arrested that day, but her arrest was for a warrant not related to the burglary cases.

Maynard was booked in Vista on multiple charges related to the San Diego County cases.