2 Arrested In Separate Stolen Vehicle Cases In Mill Valley

MILL VALLEY, CA – Two people were arrested in two separate cases involving stolen vehicles Tuesday in Mill Valley.

The first case occurred at 4:42 a.m. when officers were dispatched to The Redwoods Retirement Facility at 40 Camino Alto following a report of a suspicious woman wandering through the parking lot, police said. A security guard at the facility reported that the suspect was possibly looking into parked vehicles.

Officers found the suspect inside a vehicle that did not belong to her. Police said the woman initially gave them a false name, but was later identified as Jennifer Wood.

Police determined that Wood had an outstanding felony warrant for her arrest out of Sacramento County.

Wood was arrested on suspicion of several offenses, including attempted auto theft, possessing burglary tools, possessing drug paraphernalia, providing false identification to police, taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, petty theft of credit cards, burglary and violating probation. She was booked into Marin County Jail.

The second case occurred at 6:35 a.m. when officers were dispatched to Safeway at 1 Camino Alto, across the street from the previous case. Someone had reported that a male suspect was rummaging through the store's dumpsters, police said.

When officers arrived on scene, the suspect, later identified as Mark Adams, was allegedly placing food items into a Scion coupe that was parked nearby, police said. Officers determined that the license plates on the car were stolen and the car was also reported stolen from Ukiah.

Adams was arrested and booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle, stolen property, a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, and for forging or altering a vehicle registration.

Police said it does not appear that the two cases are related.

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