From Art Campos:
A collaborative effort between law enforcement agencies and Roseville citizens led to the arrest Sunday of a car theft suspect,
Police were contacted at 8:55 p.m. by a woman who came out of the Roseville Galleria and saw her car being driven away on southbound Galleria Boulevard, said department spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther.
Officers spotted the car on Harding Boulevard near Lead Hill Boulevard and began following, she said. But the suspect stopped the vehicle on Mahan Court, jumped out and ran away, she said.
Police searched the area and also called the California Highway Patrol, which dispatched a helicopter team to circle the area and broadcast a report about the suspect to residents, Gunther said.
At 9:24 p.m., a Sharp Circle resident heard the announcement and called police to report that a suspicious man had come from the creek area and was on the street, Gunther said. Police arrived and took the suspect, Fernando Verdusco, 20, of Citrus Heights, into custody, she said.
Verdusco was booked into the Placer County jail on suspicion of auto theft, burglary, possession of stolen property, obstructing an officer and possession of burglar's tools. He also had two Placer County arrest warrants for drug offenses and a Sacramento County warrant for failure to appear in court on traffic charges.
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