Corona Municipal Airport (KAJO), California: Man arrested with stolen mail at hangar

A Norco man was arrested Wednesday, June 13, after police acting on a tip from a confidential informant say they found stolen mail, stolen blank and fake checks, as well as copiers and printers in the man’s hangar at Corona Municipal Airport.

Joshua Barbosa, 32, was arrested on suspicion of forgery, forgery of an official seal, impersonating someone to obtain property, possession of the identification of 10 people, possession of a controlled substance and being a felon in possession of a firearm, a 9mm handgun. 

Corona Sgt. Kim Velasco said Cpl. Mark DeRuyter had arrested Barbosa on June 2 on suspicion of mail theft and being in possession of a mail key. Velasco said the key was made from a folding knife and used to open community mailboxes. 

DeRuyter then received information that Barbosa had a hangar at the airport. DeRuyter went to the airport Wednesday night about 8, and Barbosa drove up, Velasco said.

Because Barbosa was on probation from a 2010 conviction for receiving stolen property, DeRuyter could search the hangar without consent. Among the property DeRuyter found was $200,000 in stolen checks from a Rancho Cucamonga business and a computer program that showed how to make fake driver licenses.  

“He did a great job,” she said.

Corona police are working with the Secret Service and U.S. Postal Service on the investigation.

Barbosa is due in Superior Court on Friday, June 15, and then on Aug. 1 for a probation hearing. Barbosa had been sentenced to 120 days in jail and three years probation on June 29, 2010.

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