Pinole Police Catch Auto Burglar New Year's Day, Additional Suspect at Large

Pinole police apprehended a suspected auto burglar New Year’s Day and are looking for a second suspect who had led officers on a car chase, police said today. Officers responded to a report of an auto burglary in the 700 block of Fernandez Avenue just before 8 a.m. New Year’s Day, police said.

Officers found a vehicle with two broken windows, and while searching the area they saw a black male fleeing the scene. The suspect, later identified as 28-year-old Richmond resident Navarre Sangster, was detained and later arrested on suspicion of auto burglary. Another black male, described as heavy-set, was seen leaving the area in a black Mercedes-Benz at a high rate of speed.

Officers from the Pinole and Hercules followed the vehicle to an apartment in Rodeo, police said. The heavy-set black male was not located at the apartment, but during a subsequent search of the area authorities found property linked to the vehicle burglary. A search of the Mercedes turned up marijuana as well as stolen property linked to three recent auto burglaries in Marin County.

Anyone with information about the case to contact Pinole police Detective Corcoran at (510) 724-8950.

By Bay City News

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