CHP: Coalinga Man Arrested in Santa Rosa After Seven Stolen Rental Vehicles Are Recovered
The vehicles were valued at more than $400,000, CHP said, in a series of organized thefts from Bay Area rental locations. Five were recovered in Santa Rosa and two more by Coalinga police. The investigation was ongoing as of Nov. 10.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
Vineyards in Napa Valley in autumn. Photo: Brocken Inaglory / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Authorities have arrested one person and recovered seven stolen vehicles worth more than $400,000 after an investigation into a series of truck and SUV thefts from vehicle rental locations across the Bay Area, the California Highway Patrol said, the Press Democrat reported.
A Coalinga man was arrested Oct. 13 at a Super 8 in Santa Rosa on suspicion of vehicle theft and possession of stolen property, among other charges, CHP spokesperson Adib Zeid said. Investigators recovered five stolen vehicles in Santa Rosa, and the Coalinga Police Department recovered two additional vehicles authorities said were linked to the man, bringing the total to seven. The investigation was ongoing as of Tuesday, Nov. 10, Zeid said.
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