Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man In Trailer Theft, Chop Shop Case

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A man was arrested after Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies recovered multiple stolen boat trailers and uncovered an active chop shop linked to a theft at Spud Point Marina.

A Sonoma County Parks Unit deputy responded about 7:30 a.m. Jan. 17 to a report of a stolen boat trailer at the marina on Westshore Road. Surveillance footage later showed the trailer being towed by a white 2001 Chevrolet pickup, according to Sonoma County Sheriff's Office spokesman Juan Valencia.

Property Crimes Unit detectives tracked the truck and the stolen trailer the next day to a commercial area of the 100 block of W. Barham Avenue in Santa Rosa. Deputies detained 42-year-old Jason Ramos and found three additional trailers suspected of being stolen at the site, some partially dismantled.

Ramos was booked into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility, where he is being held without bail.