Two people were arrested in connection to a makeshift living space set up in an old Marine Corps hangar, local police announced Sunday.
Joshua Micheal Rosario, 29, and Patricia Lynn Ratliff, 53, were arrested for outstanding warrants after police discovered them in a hideout at the now-shuttered Marine Corps Air Station El Toro hangar near Irvine, California. Rosario was booked on numerous charges, including burglary and drug possession, according to the Irvine Police Department in a social media post over the weekend.
Rosario remained in the Orange County Sheriff’s Department custody as of Tuesday morning, according to inmate records. Ratliff was also arrested for outstanding warrants and trespassing, but does not appear to be in custody, according to a records search.
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“Officers found two people who had set up a makeshift living space,” the police announced. “The area had a couch, TV, and what appeared to be a recording studio, complete with disco lights and a fog machine.”
The setup was powered by car batteries. Police also found 11 bicycles, several spools of copper wire, fireworks, personal property from Irvine residents, two airsoft guns and drug paraphernalia, the social media post said.
MCAS El Toro was closed in July 1999 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, according to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, or…
