Two Sonomans Found With Stolen Car, Property From Windsor, Kenwood Thefts

Two Sonoma residents were caught driving a stolen truck when they drove up to a Santa Rosa home while the officers conducted a probation search – a classic case of wrong place, wrong time.

On Thursday the detectives from the Sonoma County Auto Theft Task Force and CHP officers were conducting a probation search at 3367 Petaluma Hill Rd., in Santa Rosa.

While officers conducted their search, Larry Hunter, a 48-year-old Sonoma resident, along with passenger Monica Miller, 30, drove up to the property in a red Chevy Colorado truck, saw the officers and turned around to flee the property.

Detectives recognized the truck as a vehicle stolen from Standard Structures in Windsor two weeks earlier and followed the pair.

Officers stopped Hunter and Miller, and searched the car, locating tools believed to be stolen from Standard Structures and keys to a storage unit at 3367 Petaluma Hill Rd.

Hunter, who is on probation with a search clause, had additional stolen property from Standard Structures, as well as stolen property from a Kenwood burglary in his storage unit.

Hunter and Miller were booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property and burglary.