Crime & Safety

Three Men Arrested with 30 Bottles of Stolen Liquor

Two 23-year-old Oakland men, and a 34-year-old San Leandro man suspected of stealing various bottles of liquor

A beer run ended badly for three Oakland men who were arrested Monday on suspicion of theft and conspiracy to commit a crime.

The said Marcus Ray Brown, 23, James Missouri Jr., 23, both of Oakland, and Lawrence Darnell Armstrong, 34, of San Leandro, drove to a store on the 1200 block of Stratford Avenue around 6 p.m., and shoplifted three bottles of alcohol.

The trio left the store in a green Honda Accord. Officers found the car traveling along west Interstate 80 at Leisure Town Road in Vacaville and pulled the men over.

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Police found 30 assorted bottles of stolen alcohol inside the car and took the men into custody. Police are investigating from where the men stole the alcohol. The trio was taken to Solano County Jail and their vehicle was towed.

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