Deputy Catches Duo Stealing from The Rental Place

Deputy Catches Duo Stealing from The Rental Place
Photo: Stolen power washer

SONOMA – Deputies patrol during the night because criminals commit crimes any hour of the day. Two people tried to steal from The Rental Place early Tuesday morning, May 22.

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Vincente Valencia

The alert deputy called in backup, then approached the store in the 21500 block of 8th Street East.

A white Nissan Altima sat backed up into the store’s driveway.  As deputies walked the fence of the property they “heard a commotion coming from a shed on the property.”

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Michelle Castorena

They spotted 30-year-old Vincente Valencia pulling a piece of equipment through the back fence. Then they stopped and arrested him with little fanfare.

Waiting in the vehicle, Valencia’s girlfriend, 31-year-old Michelle Castorena, met the same fate.

The item Valencia drug out? An $800 power washer.

The pair’s charges include burglary, conspiracy and possession of burglary tools.

Valencia also faces a probation violation charge “from a previous drug case.”

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