Couple Caught at Casino with Drugs, Gun, Stolen Car: Sonoma Sheriff

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- An East Bay couple was arrested for possession of stolen property, drugs and a loaded gun at the Graton Casino in Rohnert Park early on the morning of Jan. 17, police say.

Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies said they received the call from casino security at about 6:20 am yesterday reporting that they witnessed a man tightening bolts on a license plate of his BMW parked in the parking lot. Guards questioned the man, who said it was his car, and then walked into the casino with his girlfriend.

The guards looked into the windows and saw loose ammunition in the car. The license plate tampering also led them to believe that the car might be stolen.

When deputies arrived they found two different license plates on the car, both of which came back as registered to different stolen cars out of the East Bay. Deputies went into the casino where the guards pointed out the couple and detained them for further investigation of the vehicle.

The detained man was identified as 33-year-old Justin Lynn from Oakley. Lynn was determined to have three out-of-county, felony warrants for theft and narcotics and he was also determined to be a convicted felon.

Upon his arrest, deputies found methamphetamine and heroin in his pockets. They also found a loaded handgun in his vehicle along with numerous papers, identifications and credit card paraphernalia that led deputies to believe this couple was actively stealing mail and heavily involved in identity theft crimes.

The woman detained was identified as 24-year-old Kayla Tindall out of Pittsburg. Tindall was in possession of several different identification cards that didn’t belong to her.

Lynn was booked into the Sonoma County Jail for his warrants, unauthorized possession of identification, possession of stolen property, felon in possession of firearm/ammunition and felon in possession of narcotics.

Tindall was arrested and booked for felony possession of stolen property and unauthorized possession of identification.

Deputies towed the BMW and are still trying to determine whether that vehicle is in fact stolen or possibly purchased by fraud. They are also trying to track down several victims of East Bay mail thefts.

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