Articles Tagged With ‘Auto Theft’




SLO police arrest wanted felon driving stolen car

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a wanted felon whom they allegedly found driving a stolen vehicle early Thursday morning with a ghost gun and ammunition inside.  Officer DJ Peck spotted a car without plates at a... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police use drone to track down stolen vehicle

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach Police Department personnel on Wednesday used a drone to help track down a stolen vehicle and arrest an auto theft suspect. Police learned of a reported stolen vehicle entering Grover Beach. Dispatchers directed officers to... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police use drone to catch auto theft suspect

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid a surge in stolen vehicle cases, Grover Beach police officers used an infrared drone to track down an auto theft suspect who was hiding out overnight last weekend. Grover Beach officers have recovered three stolen vehicles... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police recover stolen vehicle

By KAREN VELIE Grover Beach police officers tracked down a stolen vehicle Wednesday evening and arrested a woman who was inside the car.  Police located a BMW convertible that had been reported stolen in Atascadero. Officers stopped the car as... (Continue reading)

Patient carjacks ambulance and leads police on chase

In a bizarre sequence of events on Sunday, a man went from being strapped to a gurney and on his way to the hospital to leading Southern California law enforcement on a nearly 70-mile chase in a stolen ambulance. Along... (Continue reading)

SLO thief returns a second time to steal military truck, gets caught

A thief who stole a 1970 military troop carrier in San Luis Obispo and then returned it got caught in the act as he tried to steal the large truck again Thursday morning. [KSBY] The truck, owned by Central Coast... (Continue reading)

Military vehicle snatched from SLO parking lot, then returned

A suspect or suspects stole a 1970 military troop carrier that was parked in a San Luis Obispo parking lot Wednesday evening, then later returned the large vehicle as officers were searching for it, according to the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Thieves snatch two vehicles from Atascadero car dealer

A group of thieves stole two Ford pickup trucks from an Atascadero car lot on Saturday, according to the city’s police department. [Cal Coast Times] The Atascadero Police Department has released surveillance footage of four suspects — three men and... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest serial burglar and car thief

The arrest of a Paso Robles man for driving a stolen car led to information on multiple car thefts and home burglaries. [Cal Coast Times] On Aug. 24, detectives with the San Luis Obispo County Auto Theft Task Force pulled... (Continue reading)

Man breaks into SLO homes, stun guns 69-year-old

A possible serial thief from Oceano was caught breaking into two different homes in San Luis Obispo Sunday morning. The suspect pulled a knife on the first resident and deployed a stun gun on a 69-year-old man in the second... (Continue reading)