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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The month-long spate of break-ins into dozens of vehicles parked near the Providence College campus came to a sudden end on Sunday morning, after the police arrested four young men.

Their big clue? The get-away car was loaded with stolen stereos, speakers, GPS devices -- all still "hot" from vehicles that had been broken into moments before police arrived, Lt. Daniel Gannon said on Tuesday.

The police caught the four after someone called about seeing people breaking into cars on Radcliffe Avenue just before 6 a.m. on Sunday. The officers saw the four young men run away and try to escape in a green Kia Sephia parked on Pinehurst Avenue. They didn't get far.

Inside the Kia was a host of goods: stereo players, GPS devices, speaker systems, iPods, a cellphone and other items, Gannon said. As the police were investigating the scene, some of the people whose vehicles had just been broken into came forward and claimed their stolen items.

Pedro Gomez, 18, of 47 Wilson St., Apt. 3, and Carlos Garcia, 23, of 532 Hawkins St., Apt. 2, were charged with larceny from a motor vehicle and malicious mischief. A 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy, both of Providence, were referred to Family Court on charges of larceny from an auto and receiving stolen goods. They were ordered held at the Rhode Island Training School.

The police are investigating whether the four were involved with the dozens of other larcenies in the area. Chief Dean M. Esserman said he wants the officers to find out where the four were selling the stolen items.

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