Transient Arrested Driving Stolen Land Rover: Mountain View PD

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — A transient was arrested Wednesday in Mountain View in connection with a vehicle theft in the city, police said. Joon Kim, 33, was taken into custody when he was spotted allegedly driving a Land Rover Discovery a Mountain View resident had reported stolen in December, police said in a statement.

At about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, the owner of the Land Rover called the city's dispatch center and said he had just seen his stolen car drive past him on El Camino Real, near The American Way.

Officers "immediately began to look for the vehicle," police said; soon, a patrol officer spotted it near Highway 237 at El Camino Real.

Additional officers responded and the driver of the car, later identified as Kim, a transient, was stopped on Mountain View Avenue, just north of El Camino Real, police said.

Kim was booked into a Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of possession of stolen property, vehicle theft and parole violation, Mountain View police said.

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