February 23, 2024 - El Dorado County Sheriff's Office officials report that in early February, EDSO Detectives began investigating a series of thefts that occurred in El Dorado Hills in which the suspects burglarized several vehicles and stole a vehicle. After the thefts occurred, the victims learned their credits cards had been used at numerous retail locations in Rancho Cordova. Through the course of the investigation a suspect was identified as 36-year-old Amber Cunningham of Sacramento.

Amber was caught on surveillance video from several retail locations committing identity theft via unlawful use of the victim’s credit cards. Based on the investigation, an arrest warrant was issued for Amber and a search warrant was issued for Amber’s residence.

On February 15, 2024, the arrest warrant and search warrant were served at Amber’s residence. During the service of the warrants, Amber was located and taken into custody. Items that had been stolen from the victims were located and evidence further linking Amber to the initial thefts and subsequent identity thefts was located.

A second suspect was identified during the service of the warrant as 36-year-old Johnathan Reelfs of Sacramento. Johnathan was found to be in custody in another Jurisdiction. EDSO Detectives have contacted Reelfs and the investigation related to his involvement in this case is ongoing.  

If you have any information regarding these cases, please contact Detective Buckman at buckmanj@edso.org.

Source & photos: El Dorado County Sheriff's Office