Crime & Safety

Man Arrested In Stolen Truck With $4K Of Stolen Loot, Burglary Tools: Police

The truck and items were swiped from a Fairfield business, Vacaville PD said. [Breaking]

SOLANO COUNTY, CA – Police arrested a 34-year-old man Thursday in Vacaville after an officer witnessed him driving a stolen truck, police said.

Around 3:15 p.m., an observant officer noticed a suspicious truck parked in a residential neighborhood near Southwood Drive and Sherwood Court, according to police.

After researching the truck's license plate number, the officer learned the truck had been stolen from a Fairfield business last week, police said.

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The officer stayed at the scene and eventually observed a man, later identified as Shiloh Girardot, get in the truck and drive away, according to police.

The officer stopped the truck and inside, found more than $4,000 worth of stolen property taken from the same Fairfield business during last week's burglary, police said.

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The officer then arrested Girardot, who was on probation, on suspicion of possessing stolen property, possession of burglary tools and violating probation, according to police.

--Bay City News/Photos via Vacaville PD on Facebook

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