Yesterday, the Pleasant Hill Police Department took to social media to announce the arrest of a man in connection with a stolen vehicle in Pacheco. A Toyota pickup was reported missing from Camelback Road, leading to a police search that culminated three hours later with discovering the vehicle in a Pep Boys parking lot. The post detailed how license plate reader technology was instrumental in tracking down the stolen pickup.
Identified as 31-year-old transient Zachary Foust, the suspect has been described by the police as a notable troublemaker with a history of car theft. With the aid of modern technology, it took the officers just a little more than three hours to end this latest escapade. After the arrest, Foust was booked into county jail, a process from which, the Pleasant Hill Police Department cheekily noted, he would collect no proverbial "Monopoly money." The exact charges against Foust were not specified in the social media update.
The department's Facebook post has since been deleted, but a cached version remains accessible. In a statement that veils no sense of accomplishment, the Pleasant Hill PD confirmed, "Pacheco transient troublemaker, and prolific car thief, Zachary Foust (age 31) was arrested." Followers of the department's social media page will recall that this isn't the first instance of a vehicle recovery facilitated by police tech in recent times.
