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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 32-year-old antheral was arrested connected Wednesday aft helium was caught connected video stealing a motortruck this past play successful Hanford, according to the Hanford Police Department.
On Sunday, June 15, Hanford Police responded to a study of a stolen conveyance that was taken from a location connected Elberta Drive.
The unfortunate says helium noticed his achromatic 2019 Chevy Silverado was missing from his driveway astatine astir 10:30 a.m.
According to officers, location information footage showed a antheral successful a achromatic hoodie and a pistillate adjacent the motortruck aboriginal that morning. Officers were capable to aboriginal find the stolen motortruck adjacent the Hanford Airport by utilizing OnStar tracking.
Officials accidental the motortruck had respective items missing from wrong and was recovered with interior damage.
Security camera photos from the country showed the suspects unloading spot from the stolen motortruck into a 2nd truck, a acheronian Chevy Silverado. Through further investigation, officers were capable to place the fishy arsenic 32-year-old Jonathan Escalante, who is connected Post Release Community Supervision.
On Wednesday, June 18, officers went to Escalante's location to interaction him. Shortly after, they received a study of a suspicious conveyance abandoned nearby, and 2 radical walking away.
Officers responded and located some Escalante and a woman. Escalante was detained and questioned. He denied immoderate involvement; however, grounds from video footage and inactive images was capable to spot him astatine the scene.
Officers accidental the pistillate was not recovered to beryllium involved.
Escalante was arrested for conveyance theft, conspiracy, and expansive theft. He was booked into Kings County Jail.
