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Streator woman arrested after family finds her in their home

Police: Family was returning from a trip when they witnessed the suspect in their home

Tania Torres-Magana

A suspected residential burglary in Streator was interrupted Wednesday morning when a family returning home discovered the intruder still inside their house, Streator police said in a news release.

The family had been away for a few days, police said. Upon returning home, the residents found that their house had been broken into and the suspected burglar, later identified as Tania Torres-Magana, still was present, Streator police said.

The family confronted Torres-Magana and called the police. Officers responded quickly, arresting Torres-Magana in the backyard of the home. Stolen items from the burglary were recovered from her, police said.

Torres-Magana, 37, has been charged with residential burglary and was in custody at the La Salle County Jail as of Wednesday afternoon.

A post from the Streator Police Department on Facebook said this marks the second arrest of a female burglar in Streator over the past two weeks, but the two have not been connected.

The investigation is ongoing.

Bill Freskos

Bill Freskos is a multimedia journalist based in the Illinois Valley. He covers hard news, local government, sports, business enterprise, and politics while contributing to Shaw Local Radio stations for Shaw Media across La Salle, Bureau, and Putnam counties.