Stolen credit card use leads to multiple charges, and friend’s arrest
Santa Rosa – A man who used stolen credit cards at multiple locations was arrested last Thursday for that and drug sales, firearms, and stolen property. When he was arrested, a woman with him was also charged with drug offenses.
It began last month, on Wednesday, January 7. A woman had gone to Bellevue Elementary in southwest Santa Rosa to do volunteer work at the school. While she was in working with the kids, someone broke into her car and stole her purse. She called to cancel all her cards as quickly as she could, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s department, and was told that someone had already been busy using them. The banks listed Safeway, Walmart, and the Graton Casino as some of the locations her cards had already shown up. She then filed a report with the Sheriff’s office.
Santa Rosa’s Bellevue Elementary School
Sheriff’s detectives assigned to her case contacted the locations where her cards were known to have been used. Several of them were able to provide surveillance video of the person who had presented the cards, and deputies were able to match the man in the picture with a known person, 36-year-old Shane Paul Titman.
Shane Titman had been arrested by the Santa Rosa police on October 30 of last year on charges of robbery and felony possession of a controlled substance. He was picked up at or near a home on the corner of Rutledge & Ware in Santa Rosa, according to a Santa Rosa police report. Older reports show arrests in the summer of 2005 for burglary, issuing a false check, driving under the influence and with a suspended license, and possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia.
Once Titman had been identified as a suspect, Sheriff’s Property Crimes detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest, which was issued on Wednesday, January 28. He was wanted for burglary, identity theft, and credit card fraud. The next day a deputy spotted Titman driving a white Chevrolet Avalanche pickup near the Coddington Mall and Santa Rosa Junior College in north Santa Rosa. The deputy stopped the vehicle, positively identified the driver as Titman, and arrested him on the outstanding warrant. Detectives were notified, and an additional search warrant was requested for Titman’s residence and vehicle.
But Titman was not alone in the Avalanche when he was pulled over. Deputies spoke to the woman he was with, 34-year-old Dayna Marie Grimwood of Rohnert Park. Ms. Grimwood was found to be on probation, and was in possession of methamphetamine. She was arrested for violating probation and possession of a controlled substance. She was later booked at the Sonoma County Jail, with bail set at $4,500.00. Her first court appearance was scheduled for today, February 2.
Meanwhile, detectives served the search warrant at Titman’s Santa Rosa residence. They found several items that were reportedly purchased using the stolen credit card, including a baby rocking chair and a fishing pole, likely from Walmart. They also found a violin reported stolen from a car in Guerneville on New Year’s Eve. Guerneville is a small town in the hills west of Santa Rosa, just past Forestville, one of Titman’s reported residences.
The search of Titman’s home also revealed over 20 pounds of processed marijuana, along with a scale and packaging material, indicating he was in the business of selling marijuana. They also found a gun on the premises.
Titman was booked at the Sonoma County Jail on charges of burglary, identify theft, credit card fraud, possession of stolen property, marijuana for sale, and a firearm, which he is not allowed to have as a convicted felon. His bail was set at $60,000.00, which he reportedly posted. He’s due in court tomorrow, February 3 at 8:30 am.
