The estimated value of the stolen goods, police allege, could be higher. Investigators are still identifying more stolen items they found at Woodford and Dunn’s Dove Valley Ranch residence, a Phoenix storage locker and a Phoenix game store.

The mother‑son duo are currently incarcerated in the Maricopa County Jail awaiting trial in Superior Court after pleading not guilty to two counts each of third‑degree burglary and one count of possession of burglary tools, according to court records.

Woodford and Dunn did not respond to an interview request by The Desert Advocate and the pair’s defense attorney did not return calls seeking comment.

Police said they may file additional charges against the mother‑son duo as investigators gather more evidence.

Some of the stolen items might belong to merchants at the Tuscany Village Shopping Center at the corner of Desert Willow East and Cave Creek Road. Several businesses there were burglarized April 11 in a manner Scottsdale police said was identical to Woodford’s and Dunn’s alleged MO, or method of operation, where the thieves shattered store windows with BB shots or rocks in order to gain entry.

Phoenix police asked the owners of Scooter’s Coffee Shop, one of the businesses burglarized in the Tuscany Village center, to provide them with the serial number of a $1,500 laptop computer stolen in the break‑in. The burglars also took the coffee shop’s free‑standing safe containing about $1,500.

This is It!, a clothing and gift shop, was also broken into the same day. Store owner Kelly (who requested her last name not be used) said she doesn’t hold out much hope for recovering the $150 cash she lost. “What I’d really like is to be reimbursed for the windows that were broken,” Kelly said.

Samera’s Salon, another shopping center tenant, was broken into on April 11 and again in late June. Nothing was reported stolen in the first break‑in, but in the most recent instance the burglars took computers and hair‑care products. Salon owner Samera Khoshaba said police haven’t yet contacted her about the stolen property.

Nixon said other than the parties that were keeping her awake at night, she didn’t notice any unusual activity at Woodford’s and Dunn’s house.

“It seemed that practically every night there were a bunch of teenagers in the swimming pool until the early hours of the morning,” she related. “I looked out my window one night and could see the entire edge of the pool lined with beer cans.” Nixon said she did not recall seeing Woodford and Dunn.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies on May 16 arrested Woodford during a traffic stop in Fountain Hills and allegedly found stolen property in her maroon Dodge Durango, according to reports. For reasons not stated in the report, Woodford was allowed to go free but her vehicle was impounded.

While Woodford’s vehicle was impounded, Scottsdale police obtained a court order giving them permission to install a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device on the vehicle.

Using that tracking device, Scottsdale detectives on May 26 followed the mother‑son duo to a strip mall at 40th Street and Greenway Road where they allegedly saw the two break into two businesses, according to police reports.

Immediately after arresting Woodford and Dunn, police obtained search warrants for the duo’s Dove Valley residence and for a business called “All Gamez” which they reportedly own. The store is located in a strip mall at the corner of Cave Creek and Cactus roads.

Police recovered at both the residence and the store what they described as “a mountain of computers, cameras, jewelry, electronic games and televisions.”

In addition, police found a lease agreement for a storage locker in the 2800 E block of Greenway Road in Phoenix, according to the report, and investigators found more stolen goods in the storage facility.

Woodford listed her occupation as licensed midwife and Dunn has no listed occupation, police records stated.

Dunn has a prior criminal record that includes numerous arrests for burglary in Illinois and he  has served two prison terms in that state on burglary convictions, according to police reports.

Reach the reporter at barry@thedesertadvocate.com.