Snapchat Marijuana Deal Ends In Agua Caliente Fight, Arrests

SONOMA VALLEY, CA — Sonoma County sheriff's deputies arrested three suspects in a marijuana robbery and fight in the community of Agua Caliente north of Sonoma Sunday. A person selling marijuana met another person on Snap Chat who wanted to buy marijuana and both met around 3:15 p.m. in the 400 block of Agua Caliente Road West.

Two other people were with the buyer, identified as 18-year-old Guillermo Hurtado of Sonoma, and when he refused to pay for the marijuana, all four allegedly began fighting. The seller was punched and kicked and hit in the back of the head with a gun, and Hurtado allegedly drove away in a Toyota Prius. The other two suspects ran, sheriff's officials said.

The buyer identified a 16-year-old suspect as the person who hit him with a gun, and deputies, who also were familiar with the suspect, went to his home. The teen was taken to the sheriff's Sonoma Valley substation and interviewed.

Deputies found Hurtado driving the Toyota, arrested him and took him to the substation for interviews.

After the 16-year-old suspect's interviews, he jumped a fence and ran before he was handcuffed. A passerby told deputies he saw the teen walking west on Solano Avenue, and deputies found him hiding under a bed in a RV at a home in the 19000 block of Quigley Lane in El Verano, sheriff's
officials said.

Hurtado was booked in the Sonoma County Jail on $100,000 bail for alleged felony robbery and conspiracy. The 16-year-old suspect was booked in juvenile hall on suspicion of felony robbery, conspiracy and escape. The third suspect is still outstanding, according to the sheriff's office.

— Bay City News Service