WOODLAND — Three Bay Area men have been convicted for their roles in a 14-month Davis burglary spree targeting nearly three dozen residences, some more than once, and often while the residents were sound asleep inside.

Joseph Kaleimanu Hernandez, 26; Joshua Anthony Givens, 25; and Rakhem Romel Bradford, 25; were found guilty Monday of multiple felony counts of first-degree burglary, receiving stolen property and conspiracy following a Yolo Superior Court trial that spanned more than four months.

Hernandez, who has a prior burglary conviction, faces up to 93 years in state prison, Givens 26 years and Bradford 15 years, four months, at their Nov. 13 sentencing hearing before Judge David Reed.

Prosecutors said the trio actively conspired to burglarize homes and UC Davis dorm rooms — at least 34 in all — between the fall of 2012 and their arrests in January 2014, then sold the property to pay for rent and other expenses at the Drexel Drive home that Hernandez and Givens shared at the time, and where Bradford frequently stayed.

It wasn’t long before Davis police picked up on the trend.

“We noticed in 2013 that the residential burglary rate was at an all-time high,” Sgt. Mike Munoz said, noting that this particular case played a significant role in the creation of the department’s Specialized and Focused Enforcement (SAFE) team, which formed that same year to address the burglary uptick.

Detectives identified the suspects after a stolen cell phone and laptop computer “pinged” inside the Drexel Drive house. Police reported finding multiple stolen items there, as well as at Cowell Boulevard and Drew Circle apartments where Hernandez also had lived.

Attorneys for the three defendants argued that there was no evidence tying their clients to the crimes or proving they knowingly possessed any stolen property.

All but one of the victims were UC Davis students who, according to prosecutors, came home from school or work or awoke from a night’s sleep to discover their laptop computers, TVs, cell phones, video game systems, cameras and other valuables missing.

Several of the houses were targeted more than once, the method of entry typically a door or window that was left unlocked.

“They took advantage of that, and they were stealthy, often going in late at night while people were sleeping,” prosecuting attorney Michelle Serafin told jurors during the trial’s closing arguments.

“What’s the ultimate goal? Obtain property and sell it to get money,” she said.

Serafin described Hernandez as “the hub” of the scheme, recruiting players and handing out orders. Givens, she said, scouted out burglary opportunities, while Bradford used Instagram to sell the stolen goods in his role as “the fence.”

She noted that photographs of MacBook computers and other valuables appeared on Bradford’s Instagram account within hours of being stolen, and the defendants’ cell-phone records showed them exchanging texts about the burglaries, at times while still in the vicinity of the crime scenes.

Others were involved in the break-ins as well, though not all were charged in the case. One major player, Esther Kwon, testified for the prosecution in exchange for a plea deal.

Attorneys for the three defendants said there’s no question the burglaries occurred. Missing from the prosecutor’s case, they said, was any shred of evidence — fingerprints, shoe prints, DNA or eyewitness accounts — linking the defendants to the crimes.

Hernandez’s lawyer, Chief Deputy Public Defender Allison Zuvela, also assailed the testimony of Kwon, the suspect-turned-prosecution witness whose statements she said were inconsistent and lacked credibility.

“All of her problems now are because of Joseph. She was in a vengeful mode, so she blamed everything on him,” Zuvela said. “She was given a sweet deal to testify, and you shouldn’t believe what she has to say.”

Except, however, when it comes to Kwon’s testimony about Bradford, his defense attorney Ava Landers told the jury.

“She specifically told you he wasn’t involved in anything. She has no reason to lie about his involvement,” Landers said. The attorney acknowledged that while her client sold laptops on social media, the photos didn’t prove they were stolen.

As for the maps of the defendants’ cell-phone use near burglary scenes, Zuvela dismissed the mapping data as unreliable, misleading and “a whole bunch of nothing.”

“All it can show you is the phones were in Davis, and that’s about it,” she said.

Givens’ lawyer Jim Granucci, meanwhile, used part of his closing remarks to highlight his client’s meager living conditions in the Drexel Drive house, including a nearly empty closet and a bare mattress on the floor.

“Is that an indication of somebody making big money because of this grand conspiracy?” he said. “Absolutely not.”

Both Zuvela and Granucci declined to comment Monday on the verdicts, while Landers offered a one-word reaction: “Disappointed.”

In addition to the burglary-related charges, jurors convicted Hernandez of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition that officers reported finding during a search of the Drexel Drive house. All three also were found guilty of possessing marijuana that had been taken during one of the burglaries.

“This was a colossal investigation that resulted in bringing a stop to a dangerous burglary ring that was preying upon the citizens of Davis,” Serafin said Tuesday.

— Reach Lauren Keene at [email protected] or 530-747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene