June 18
Possession of stolen vehicle and license plate, controlled substance, and drug paraphernalia: At 4:33 a.m., deputies responded to an automated license plate reader notification for a vehicle with a stolen license plate at Saratoga Avenue and Highway 85. An investigation revealed the plate was stolen from a vehicle in Hanford, the vehicle itself was stolen from Fresno, and both were still outstanding. The vehicle was located and stopped a short time later. Further investigation revealed the driver was also in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, and the passenger violated a court order. The driver was arrested and booked into main jail, while the suspect passenger was cited and released.
June 19
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Possession of stolen license plate, vehicle, firearm, mail, IDs, debit and credit cards, burglary tools, tear gas, controlled substance and drug paraphernalia: At 3:51 a.m., deputies responded to an automated license plate reader notification for a vehicle with a stolen license plate at Saratoga Avenue and Highway 85. An investigation revealed the plate and the vehicle itself were both stolen from San Jose in separate incidents, and both were still outstanding. The vehicle quickly fled the scene upon spotting a pursuing patrol car but was located a short time later unoccupied, and two suspects were found hiding in nearby bushes. Further investigation revealed the suspects were in possession of burglary tools, tear gas, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and stolen property, including a firearm, mail, identification, and debit and credit cards, all in violation of both suspect’s probation terms. Both were arrested and booked into main jail.
June 22
Forgery: Between June 16 and June 22, someone stole a check deposited by a Saratoga resident into outgoing mail at the US Post Office on Allendale Avenue, then altered and cashed the check for $40,000.
Vehicle burglary, attempted theft by credit card: Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., someone entered a car parked at Garrod Farms on Garrod Road and stole a purse for a loss valued at approximately $1,000. The suspect then attempted to make fraudulent purchases using credits cards in a wallet that was in the purse, but the transactions were declined.
