Vehicle Pursuit Following a Theft of a Gun and Jewelry
AMERICAN CANYON, Calif., February 11, 2022, 10 AM – On Thursday, February 10, 2022, at approximately 4:15 PM, the Napa County Sheriff's Department took a vehicle burglary report of jewelry and a Glock handgun that was stolen from a guest's vehicle at the North Block Hotel in Yountville. Witnesses were able to provide law enforcement with a suspect vehicle description, a grey Mitsubishi SUV, and additionally with a license plate. The items taken were valued at over $10,000.
American Canyon Police (ACPD) Officers established surveillance on Highway 29 in hopes of finding the suspect vehicle in the burglary. At approximately 4:50 PM, an ACPD Officer spotted the suspect vehicle on southbound Highway 29 near American Canyon Road. The officer attempted to stop the SUV. The vehicle failed to yield, which led to a vehicle pursuit through the northwest side of American Canyon surface streets. The SUV ultimately crashed into a parked car on Donaldson Way near West Carolyn Drive. Two male suspects fled the SUV on foot and began jumping fences into the community's backyards. One male suspect, 24-year-old Lamar Crawford from Walnut Creek, was taken into custody at the crash scene.
California Highway Patrol Air Ops, Napa Sheriff K-9's, ACPD K-9's, and Napa Police Officers assisted in searching for the outstanding suspects. After almost an hour of searching, officers found 25-year-old Jamari Robinson from San Francisco, hiding in the backyard of a residence in the 100 block of West Carolyn Drive. The third suspect was not located, and officers eventually stopped the search. Officers searched the Mitsubishi SUV and located all the stolen items.
Crawford and Robinson were arrested and booked into the Napa County Jail on numerous felony counts of grand theft and evading law enforcement. Both are still in custody with bail of $50,000.
This is the second time Lamar Crawford has run from ACPD. In 2018 Crawford committed a robbery at the American Canyon T-Mobile store, he led officers on a vehicle pursuit, and he was eventually apprehended and sentenced to state prison.
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