Overview
- Two suspects, Kyle John Henely, 43, and Veronica Merlo, 40, were booked on suspicion of burglary, fraud, grand theft and conspiracy.
- Detectives linked the case to 13 storage-unit burglaries across North County: six in Escondido, five in Valley Center and two in Oceanside.
- Between Oct. 28 and Nov. 13, investigators executed three search warrants, including at a home on West Los Angeles Drive in Vista.
- Recovered property included roughly $100,000 in cash, 19 firearms and high-value comics and trading cards, with photos showing an All-Star Comics No. 8 and a graded Black Lotus card.
- Officials say the haul likely totals millions of dollars, with authenticity checks and victim identification continuing as charges were expanded beyond the initial Oceanside counts.