Crime & Safety

Auto Theft Suspect Search Leads to Beaumont, Redlands Police Make Arrest

A search for a suspect wanted in connection with two auto thefts in Redlands and a vehicle stolen from Rancho Cucamonga led to an arrest Monday night in Beaumont, a police spokesman said.

Marcus David Tafolla, 23, of San Bernardino, was arrested by Redlands police just before 11 p.m. near a golf course in Beaumont, according to Redlands spokesman Carl Baker.

The auto thefts in Redlands were reported Monday at LA Fitness, 1035 Parkford Drive, and at Panorama Point, Baker said.

"Tafolla was located in Beaumont where officers also located a vehicle stolen earlier out of Rancho Cucamonga," Baker said. "Inside the vehicle Redlands officers located stolen property from the two Redlands vehicle thefts."

Beaumont police dispatch and a spokeswoman for the City of Beaumont referred questions about the incident to Redlands police.

Tafolla was held on $50,000 bail Tuesday morning at Central Detention Center in San Bernardino on suspicion of burglary and receiving a stolen vehicle, according to inmate records.


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