Marin City vehicle check snags East Bay auto-theft suspect
An East Bay man was arrested Wednesday in Marin City after he was found inside a stolen car, the sheriff’s department said.
Jose Raygoza, 33, was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of vehicle theft and possession of drugs, burglary tools and stolen property.
The incident occurred at about 8:15 a.m., when a Marin County sheriff’s sergeant noticed a car parked in the 400 block of Drake Avenue with its windows covered. The sergeant conducted a routine check of the license plate and learned the car, a red Mitsubishi Montaro, had been reported stolen July 26 in Contra Costa County, said sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider.
Raygoza, a Contra Costa County resident, was found inside the car along with two empty liquor bottles, bolt cutters, suspected cocaine and suspected stolen property.