2 Colorado teens held in Torrance home break-in

Pair were also wanted on separate robbery and murder warrants.

Two Colorado teenagers wanted on suspicion of murder and burglary were arrested Monday night in Torrance after allegedly breaking into a house and injuring an elderly woman, authorities said.

Torrance police were called about 10:35 p.m. Monday to a house in the 3600 block of Sara Court by a neighbor who reported suspicious activity, said Torrance Police Sgt. Ronald Harris.

When officers arrived, they heard a woman screaming and saw two males fleeing the home, Harris said.

The officers immediately detained one of the suspects. He was an 18-year-old Colorado resident wanted on a warrant for robbery there, Harris said.

Police searched for the second suspect for more than an hour, using a scent dog, Harris said.

He was found hiding in the garage of the home that was invaded, authorities said.

He was a 17-year-old Colorado resident wanted on an outstanding murder warrant there, Harris said.

Denver police on Tuesday identified the murder suspect as Dmarco Jaquise Blake and said he is believed to have been involved with a violent burglary ring suspected in a man’s death.

Denver Police Cmdr. Barb Archer said in a news conference that Blake is one of four people whom authorities have linked to seven burglaries or home invasions in the Denver area the night of May 15.

Just after midnight on May 16, Denver police were called to a burglary at a home on Spruce Street. When they arrived, they found 27-year-old Timothy Anderson dead inside the house, Archer said.

Anderson had been shot to death, Denver-based 9News reported.

“It’s a very tragic case, a very sad situation — someone whose home is being burglarized and he ends up dead,” Archer said. “Our detectives have done extensive legwork on this . ... We worked hard on this one.”

Three other people have been arrested in Colorado in connection with the fatal burglary, Archer said. They are Demond Hamilton, 21; Keione Clark, 18; and a juvenile female, according to 9News.

Blake, Clark and Hamilton will be charged with firstdegree murder and burglary, as well as a sentence enhancment for a crime of violence, Archer said. Blake will be charged as an adult, she said.

The juvenile suspect, who turned herself in to police earlier this month, is being investigated as an accessory after the fact, according to 9News.

It is unclear whether the man arrested in California with Blake — whose name had not yet been released — was connected to the burglary ring.

In Torrance, the two suspects were driving a stolen vehicle from Colorado, according to Torrance Police.

A 73-year-old woman who was in the home that was broken into suffered minor injuries, Harris said.