Quincy pair charged for possessing stolen goods

QUINCY — A man and woman from Quincy were charged after a large amount of stolen property was recovered from their Quincy residence.

Grant County prosecutors charged Daniel Amaya, 43, of Quincy, and Amanda Alcala, 36, also of Quincy, with first-degree possession of stolen property.

On Dec. 26 the Grant County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a past burglary at a property in the 14500 block of Road 8 Northwest in rural Quincy. The reporting party said sometime overnight a residence and shop at the property were broken into. The suspects reportedly turned the power off to the residence before breaking into the house and stealing a number of different items, according to police records.

Deputies took an inventory of the stolen items and cleared the scene. A short time later a deputy was in the area of Road 8 and spotted a vehicle coming from the 14500 block of Road 8, where the burglary had occurred. The vehicle, which was occupied by Alcala and another person, allegedly cut through a private field and was eventually stopped by the deputy. The deputy observed a large television in the trunk of the vehicle and the occupants claimed they had been kicked out of their apartment and were moving. Deputies were later called back to the Road 8 residence and discovered the house had been burglarized a second time.

Deputies later responded to an address in the 8500 block of state Route 281, as Alcala previously said she was heading to the location when she was stopped the night of the burglary on Road 8. Upon arriving at the location, deputies reportedly located a motorcycle, which had been previously reported stolen during a burglary in the 11500 block of state Route 28.

Alcala and Amaya were both contacted in a travel trailer at the property and a search warrant was obtained for the trailer and a locked shed. Deputies reportedly located a number of items that had been stolen in the Road 8 burglary.

“Amaya stated everything in the front room of the trailer belonged to Alcala. Amaya stated Alcala recently got kicked out of her apartment and brought all the items to the trailer. In speaking with Alcala she stated only the stuff in the plastic bins were hers,” wrote a deputy. “Both Amaya and Alcala were blaming each other and not claiming any of the property. The trailer is small enough where they would both have knowledge and access to everything inside.”

Deputies additionally recovered items that had been reported stolen during other previous burglaries in the Quincy area, according to police records.

Richard Byrd can be reached via email at city@columbiabasinherald.com.