Millions in stolen goods found at Houston home

Pasadena police said they recovered more than $2 million in stolen goods this week when they arrested a man suspected of hitting J.C. Penney stores in three states.

Pasadena police said they believe Ricky Orlando Garcia, 38, broke into a J.C. Penney store July 2 at 5120 Fairmont Parkway by cutting a hole through the roof.

One of the detectives said the case resembled another burglary in 2002.

Store officials also told detectives it was similar to another burglary a few days earlier at a J.C. Penney in Indianapolis. On July 26, another store in Rosenberg was burglarized in the same manner, Pasadena police said.

In August, burglars also struck two J.C. Penney stores in Louisiana. Detectives learned that some of the stolen items taken from the store in Covington, La., were later sold at a pawnshop.

After an investigation lasting about two months, detectives tracked Garcia down to a home in Houston, where he was taken into custody on Tuesday, police said.

Charges also are pending against Garcia for the burglaries in Rosenberg and Louisiana. Police in Dallas County and Hays County also issued warrants against him for burglaries in 2008.

38-year-old Ricky Orlando Garcia