Accused Car Thief Arrested After Calling Tow Truck

Police arrested a man after he requested a tow for a vehicle that, police say, had been reported stolen.

Kunta Mali Satterwhite, 39, was arrested Thursday after he called a tow company because the vehicle he'd been driving had broken down, said Sgt. Angel Andrade of Lake Forest Police Services.

The vehicle was a rental that had not been returned to the rental company and had been reported stolen, Andrade said.

The call to police came in at 1:35 p.m. Thursday from the 21700 block of Lake Forest Drive. Satterwhite was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property and booked into Orange County Central Jail. He's being held on $30,000 bail. The car was recovered, Andrade said.