From Niesha Lofing:
A watchful off-duty Sacramento sheriff's detective recently helped authorities catch a man suspected of receiving stolen tires and rims.
On Feb. 6, a parolee, William Stack, allegedly used a fraudulent check to buy new tires and rims worth $3,400 from Les Schwab Tire Center on Fulton Avenue, a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department news release states.
Stack, 36, was arrested March 6 on suspicion of burglary, using personal identification without permission and making, passing or possessing a fictitious check, all felonies, according to online county jail information.
On Wednesday, Detective Marlan Meggers, who is assigned to the north central division, was off-duty and returning home from the Bay area in his personal vehicle when he noticed a vehicle pass him that had rims and tires similar to the ones from the case last month.
Meggers called the on-duty patrol sergeant to confirm the information from the case, and it turned out to be a match, the release states.
Meggers followed the vehicle into Sacramento County while keeping in touch on his phone to coordinate a response. Once inside the county's jurisdiction, the vehicle was stopped and the driver, Jose Bravo, 33, was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property.
"(Stack) traded or gave (the tires and rims) to the second guy, Bravo," said sheriff's Capt. Scott Jones.
The transfer may have been for drugs, he said. Deputies continue to investigation that angle.
The vehicle was towed, and the tired and rims were recovered, the release states.
Jones praised the detective's attentiveness and dedication.
"It just proves that we're never really off duty," he said.
Bravo was booked into Sacramento County Main Jail and released Thursday.
Stack is being held without bail in the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Sacramento Superior Court.
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