Crime & Safety

Retail Theft Suspects Arrested In Santa Rosa After Deputy Chase, Crash

The incident began at around 3 p.m. at a Home Depot in Windsor.

Scene of crash following the chase of retail theft suspects in Santa Rosa, May 4, 2026.
Scene of crash following the chase of retail theft suspects in Santa Rosa, May 4, 2026. (Sonoma County Sheriff's Office/CBS News)

May 6, 2026

Three retail theft suspects were arrested after a chase by sheriff's deputies in Santa Rosa and a crash over the weekend, authorities said.

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The incident began at around 3 p.m. at a Home Depot in Windsor. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that a deputy received a report that a number of tools had just been stolen from the store, and the suspect vehicle was a white Ford F-150.

The deputy spotted the truck exiting Highway 12 onto Dutton Avenue in Santa Rosa and attempted a traffic stop, the Sheriff's Office said, but the driver did not stop and the deputy began a pursuit. The vehicle then drove westbound on Highway 12 and swerved off the road into a creek bed behind Caltrans offices on Occidental Road and Fulton Road.

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