After a gang of burglars plundered a rural Northern California home so many times that the owner fled in terror, investigators say the property fell into the hands of even wilder creatures: a pack of bears.

On Friday, the Butte County District Attorney’s Office issued charges against 11 people accused of routinely breaking into and stealing from a 64-year-old woman’s house. Six additional suspects have been identified in connection with the burglary ring and are facing prosecution, according to authorities.

The woman first reported that her home, located in a secluded area of Lovelock north of Magalia, had been burglarized on April 17.

The burglars continued returning. And back. According to officials, the situation deteriorated to the point where the homeowner stopped residing in her own home for fear of her safety.

According to authorities, the repeated robberies did enough damage to the woman’s home to allow bears to enter. The wildlife encroachment only exacerbated the structural damage and the woman’s financial losses.

The Butte County Sheriff’s Office arrested ten Magalia individuals and one Paradise resident for allegedly partaking in the intrusions. Each is charged with first-degree house burglary.

Sean Anthony Crua, 43, from Magalia

Nick Brown, 37, of Magalia

Mary Ricca, 59, from Magalia

Sefo Sipa, 37, from Paradise.

Gavin Dominguez-Feathers, 25, from Magalia.

Joey Kupiheanapeahi, 42, from Magalia

Breanna Maier, 32, from Magalia

Michael Barnett, 29, from Magalia

Matthew Bacon, 44, from Magalia

Lindsey McLaughlin, 37, from Magalia

Kayla Goebel, 34, from Magalia

Several burglary suspects were released on their own recognizance, despite prosecutors’ protests. Crua, Maier, Dominguez-Feathers, and Kupiheanapeahi are still in jail at the Butte County Jail, with bond set at $50,000.

Barnett and McLaughlin were scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon. The identified defendants are expected back in court on July 9 and 10.