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METRO DETROIT — A man linked to a transnational gang suspected in a series of affluent home break-ins across Michigan has been sentenced to prison. On June 16, Chilean national Ignacio Ruiz-Saldias, 29, was sentenced to 10-20 years incarceration for his role in various home invasions across Michigan. Ruiz-Saldias is the first defendant tried in Oakland County with ties to a South American theft ring that Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said targeted eight Ruiz-Saldias homes in Oakland Township and Rochester Hills, as well as Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe and Ada Township, between Feb. 3 and 17. “I am proud of the teamwork and the effort that brought this case to a close with a conviction,” Bouchard
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