Booze Theft Tied To Marin Hit-And-Run: Cops

MILL VALLEY, CA — A hit-and-run suspect who was arrested Sunday may have been involved in the theft of a “significant amount of alcohol” from a grocery store, the Mill Valley Police Department said.

The suspect was cited and released in connection with a hit-and-run crash late Sunday morning in the area of Miller Avenue and La Goma Street, police said.

No injuries were reported but the involved vehicles sustained extensive damage, police said.

A Marin County Sheriff’s deputy was flagged down in the area of the crash and provided a description of the suspect vehicle, according to police.

Shortly afterward, MVPD officers responded to a report of a second hit-and-run crash on Wisteria Way. Witnesses provided a description of two suspects that helped authorities locate two occupants of the involved vehicle, but it was later determined that no second collision occurred, police said.

"Following our investigation, it was determined the suspects had stolen a significant amount of alcohol from Safeway," the MVPD said in a statement.

Officers located the suspects in the Mill Valley dog park, police said.

The shoplifting case was referred to Marin’s District Attorney’s office for review, police said.

“Thank you to the numerous alert citizens who reported information related to this vehicle to our officers,” the MVPD said.

“It is unlikely we would have located the driver had the reports not been made to our dispatch center and to our partners at the Marin County Sheriff’s office."