Neighborhood suggestions helped Santa Rosa police establish a suspected burglar and seize 13 illegally possessed firearms, leading to two arrests, police stated.
Detectives recognized Shan Titman, 46, a transient from Santa Rosa, as a suspect in a number of automobile burglaries after releasing a public bulletin for suggestions in late October, in keeping with Santa Rosa police.
In a press launch issued Friday, police stated surveillance led investigators to Titman’s automobile and two Sebastopol residences the place they believed Titman hid the stolen objects. A Sonoma County choose accredited search warrants for each places.
Titman was detained throughout a visitors cease in Santa Rosa on Thursday morning.
The police stated they discovered methamphetamine on Titman’s possession, together with 12 handguns and a short-barreled assault rifle in his automobile. Not one of the firearms have been registered to Titman, police stated.
At one of many Sebastopol residences on Lupine Lane, investigators reportedly discovered stolen property and a short-barreled gun belonging to Daniel Tucker, 46, a resident of the home. Brief-barreled firearms are unlawful in California, authorities famous.
Each males, convicted felons prohibited from proudly owning firearms, have been arrested.
Titman is underneath suspicion of housebreaking, grand theft, and possession of stolen property, firearms, and managed substances. A choose revoked his bail, initially set at $250,000, in keeping with the Santa Rosa police.
In the meantime, Tucker was arrested for suspected possession of a short-barreled shotgun.
Detectives proceed to establish victims and return stolen property. Police thanked the neighborhood for his or her help.
