Theft of Motorcycles
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Dec 10, 2009, 0 Comments
Courtesy Joe Baeza,
At about 2:12 am, LPD received a call of a theft on progress by the 1000 block of Ranch Way. The caller on the line reported that someone was stealing his neighbor’s motorcycles. Caller further stated that the suspects had just left the area in a pick-up truck, unknown make or model. Officers converged immediately covering all the outlets coming from the Mines Road area. Downtown officers were advised to cover the bridges as well.
An officer spotted Ford pick-up truck with a motorcycle in the back by 400 Shiloh. The officer stopped the truck with the motorcycle, and discovered that the driver was the same suspect involved in the theft from 1000 Ranch Way. Other officers arrived and assisted in the arrest of one Nestor Muñoz, 06-12-89. The victim (owner of motorcycles) advised officers that the suspect had stolen two motorcycles from his residence. Auto Theft investigators were called out to the scene. While officers were leaving the scene, a patrol supervisor proceeds to drive around the apartment complex where the car was stopped, and discovered the second stolen motorcycle, which is on top of a maroon GMC pick-up truck, abandoned in the rear of the parking lot. Muñoz was charged with Theft of a Motor Vehicle. Bond was pending magistration.
