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Four nabbed in attempted break-in

Four Berks County residents were nabbed attempting to break into a Schuylkill County business.

State police at Schuylkill Haven said the incident occurred about 3:39 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Mattos Cycle Shop, located along the Port Carbon-St. Clair Highway in East Norwegian Township.Troopers said they responded to the shop for an alarm with the assistance of Saint Clair borough police. With the further assistance of police from Pottsville and Port Carbon the four suspects were apprehended.They were identified as Harold Renovales-Aquirre, 21, of Temple; Pedro Jose Sanchez-Laporte, 32, Phillip Raynolds Rivera, 21, and Hector Garcia-Santiago, 21, all of Reading.The four were arraigned before on-call District Judge Christina Hale, of Frackville, and charges of burglary and related counts.All four were committed to the county prison in Pottsville after failing to post $75,000 straight cash bail each.