Police Recover $10K In Dick's Sporting Goods Merchandise

PETALUMA, CA — Petaluma police Friday arrested three people suspected of stealing about $1,500 worth of football jerseys from Dick's Sporting Goods in Petaluma in a string of similar thefts, police said.

The case began when a store employee reported that three people had stolen the jerseys around 10:30 a.m., fleeing to a silver Ford Expedition, according to police. Petaluma police notified Santa Rosa police and the California Highway Patrol, based on what police described as prior thefts where the same stores were targeted in other local jurisdictions.

Around 11:51 a.m., officers saw the suspect vehicle heading southbound on US 101 near Old Redwood Highway, police said. The suspect vehicle took the East Washington Street exit, and officers made a felony stop, according to police.

The officers searched the vehicle and allegedly found over $10,000 in merchandise from Petaluma, Santa Rosa, and Roseville Dick's Stores, a gas siphoning device, a saw and wire cutters, police said.

Jose Bello-Salinas, 24, of Vallejo, Venessa Burton, 34, of Fairfield, and Bryant Jacobs, 39, of Vallejo, were arrested on suspicion of grand theft, conspiracy and possession of burglary tools and taken to Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility, police said.

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