The following is a press release from the Ukiah Police Department. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On 05/02/2024 at approximately 9:23 am, Ukiah Police Department (UPD) received an alert from the FLOCK license plate reading camera system. The alert was for a stolen utility trailer traveling southbound on South State Street at Talmage Road. The trailer was being towed by a blue pick-up truck. A few minutes later, the truck and trailer were pictured on FLOCK traveling northbound on North State Street at Cherry Street. The trailer was reported stolen from the Laytonville, CA area back in 2020.
UPD Officers responded to the area and found the truck and trailer traveling northbound on North State Street. They followed the vehicle as it turned eastbound on East Gobbi Street and continued traveling over the Highway 101 overpass. UPD Officers initiated a traffic stop at the 700 block of East Perkins Street. The driver, later identified as Brett Tucker, immediately stopped at the curb. Tucker complied with officer’s orders and was taken into custody without incident.
There were two other adults and three children inside the vehicle. They were determined to not be associated with the stolen trailer and were released at the scene. The stolen trailer was towed from the scene and the truck was driven away by the registered owner.
Tucker was interviewed and booked at the Mendocino County Jail for felony violation of 496d(a) PC, possession of stolen property-vehicle. Tucker was also found to be on felony probation out of Mendocino County for previous weapons charges (violation of 29800 PC) and was booked for violating his felony probation-1203.2(a)PC.
As always, UPD’s mission is to make Ukiah as safe as possible. If you would like to know more about crime in your neighborhood, you can sign up for telephone, cellphone, and email notifications by clicking the Nixle button on our website; http://www.ukiahpolice.com.
I would swear thats our teahgers union rep over here in Lake County.
The Flock cameras 📸 with coordination with the Ukiah PD seem to be working well.
Judging by the looks of that trailer he did the owner a solid favor by stealing it.
Not to mention the rest of us peeps who try and remain safe out on our already dangerous roads and highways.
That piece of junk looks like something from the movie Deliverance and a bad accident just waiting to happen. Hopefully it be hauled to the nearest junk yard and scrapped.
I guess you can register just about anything except a diesel truck
Poor children.
The guy has had this stolen piece of crap trailer for 4 years…And when he least expected to get caught with it, he got caught. My guess is that trailer has been passed around thru the tweaker community and Delbert Dumbass here drew the short stick!