Suspect Arrested in Auto Dealership Thefts

One more vehicle, from the group of eight (8), that were taken early last Sunday morning from a Belmont auto dealership, has been recovered in the East Bay and a suspect is in custody.

On Sunday, 9/21/14 between 1:00AM & 3:00AM, unknown suspects took eight (8) vehicles from a lot at the Autobahn Motors Mercedes dealership on Island Parkway in Belmont. Over the past week, Belmont Police Detectives have been working with the San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Task Force and other Bay Area law enforcement agencies on the investigation. By Tuesday 9/23/14, six (6) of the eight vehicles stolen from the dealership had been recovered, all abandoned in Oakland.

On Wednesday, 9/24/14, investigators learned that one of the outstanding vehicles may be in the area of E 19th Avenue, in Oakland and that information was relayed to the Oakland Office of the California Highway Patrol. At approximately 9:35PM Wednesday night CHP officers located the vehicle, a 2013 Mercedes ML350, and arrested 24 year old Jeremy Redwood of Oakland, without incident. Redwood was booked into the Alameda County Jail on multiple charges including auto theft, possession of stolen property and violation of probation.

Belmont Police would like to thank the California Highway Patrol and other agencies, including the San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Task Force who are working together in this on-going investigation.

--Information from the Belmont Police Department