A Hopland man driving a stolen Jeep was arrested recently with the aid of local FLOCK cameras, the Ukiah Police Department reported.
According to the UPD, officers were alerted around 6 p.m. March 7 to a stolen vehicle being driven in the city by the FLOCK cameras deployed to photograph each license plate driving in and out of the city limits.
After verifying that the Jeep Wrangler had been reported stolen to the Ukiah office of the California Highway Patrol, officers located the Jeep as it headed eastbound on East Perkins Street.
“Due to the propensity of vehicle thieves to carry weapons, a high-risk felony stop was conducted on the Jeep near the intersection of Stella Drive and Warren Drive,” the UPD notes in its press release, identifying the driver of the stolen vehicle as Sesario Rios, 49, of Hopland, and his female passenger as Jenna J. Hatcher , 39, of Ukiah.
The UPD describes both Rios and Hatcher as being on probation out of Mendocino County, and that they “claimed to have purchased the vehicle legally, but were unable to provide any proof of purchase or ownership.” The officers also reported finding “suspected Fentanyl … inside the stolen Jeep, which belonged to Hatcher.”
Both Hatcher and Rios were then booked into Mendocino County Jail on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle, conspiracy and violating their probation, and Hatcher was also booked on suspicion of possessing a narcotic.
The UPD notes that “the stolen Jeep was towed and stored so that it could be returned to its lawful owner, (and) the California Highway Patrol will be filing a complaint with the (Mendocino County) District Attorney’s Office against Rios and Hatcher for vehicle theft.”
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