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Man Arrested For Car Theft For 14th Time Following Santa Rosa Pursuit, Police Say

The victim, a DoorDash driver, had briefly exited his vehicle with the engine running to deliver food.

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Scene following a pursuit off a suspected car thief in Santa Rosa on May 9, 2026. Police said Sergio Villalobos‑Espinoza, a man who was previously arrested for vehicle theft at least 13 times, was arrested.
Scene following a pursuit off a suspected car thief in Santa Rosa on May 9, 2026. Police said Sergio Villalobos‑Espinoza, a man who was previously arrested for vehicle theft at least 13 times, was arrested. (CBS Bay Area/Courtesy of the Sonoma Valley Police Department)

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May 12, 2026

A man with more than a dozen prior arrests for car theft is accused of stealing a vehicle from a delivery driver in Sonoma County over the weekend, police said.

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Shortly after 8:50 p.m. Saturday, officers were called to a vehicle theft at 515 4th Street. The victim, a DoorDash driver, had briefly exited his vehicle with the engine running to deliver food.

Police said the vehicle was entered into its systems and was detected shortly afterwards by a license plate reader, but officers were unable to find it. Around 10 p.m., officers found the vehicle after triggering an alert.

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