4 Suspected Car Thieves Arrested

MILPITAS, CA — Milpitas Police arrested four suspected car thieves last week. Two are Milpitas residents, while the other two are transients out of San Jose.

On March 27, detectives found a stolen 2009 Nissan Murano SUV driving around a shopping center on Ranch Drive. The vehicle had just been stolen from San Jose six days earlier.

Police followed the vehicle to the area of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road in Mountain View where Milpitas and Mountain View Police officers tried to stop the SUV. It sped away and was later found abandoned after it crashed into a pole and a fence on San Antonio Circle. Property stolen during a previous burglary in San Jose and drug paraphernalia were found in the vehicle.

A search of the area turned up all four suspects, who were arrested.

Michael Temesgen, a transient from San Jose, who is on formal probation in Santa Clara County, was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle, evading officers, hit & run, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest.

Ariel Kleefman of Milpitas was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for possession of stolen property, resisting arrest, possession of narcotics, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lyle Peterson Jr., a transient from San Jose, who is on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) in Santa Clara County, was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for possession of stolen property, resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a warrant for violation of PRCS.

Derrick Dixon II of Milpitas, who is on formal probation in Santa Clara County, was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for possession of stolen property, resisting arrest, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

-Image via Milpitas Police

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