1.   Detectives had been tracking the burglary ring for about a year when they learned that a handful of those organized crime members had also become crime victims.

2.   He admitted involvement with a Phoenix burglary ring.

3.   Investigators have said at least one officer who knew about the burglary ring has been granted immunity to testify against others.

4.   He admitted being part of a burglary ring but said he and Smith arrived at the scene after the killings.

5.   Police shot dead five suspected members of a burglary ring they said had ambushed them in a wooded area along the Paraguayan-Brazilian border, authorities said Tuesday.