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Two men arrested for stolen vehicle
Saturday, August 09, 2008
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8:30 p.m.At around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, two men were stopped in Napa after police determined the 1986 Toyota van they were riding was a stolen vehicle, Napa Police said Saturday.

Raul Salinas Estrada, 37, the driver, and Francisco Desantiago, 23, his passenger, were northbound on Highway 29.
The van was stopped at the 7-Eleven on Sierra Avenue east of Highway 29, police said.

Estrada and Desantiago, both of Napa, were arrested and booked at Napa County Jail for possession of stolen property, according to police.
On Friday, Napa Police arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of domestic abuse.

Areli Ramirez of Napa was arrested after police was dispatched to the 100 block of Freeway Drive for a disturbance.
The male victim told police he had been bit and scratched, police said Saturday.

Ramirez was booked at the Napa County Jail.
13 comment(s)

Napanee wrote on Aug 9, 2008 9:13 PM:

" muy bien! "

reason-ator wrote on Aug 10, 2008 12:41 AM:

" Is a 21 year-old Toyota van worth stealing ? "

WorksInNapa wrote on Aug 10, 2008 7:44 AM:

" reason-ator: I'm sure that you wouldn't be saying that if that was your auto. It seems that most criminals do stupid things for stupid reasons. I'm glad these two are off the streets. Thanks Napa PD! "

14obama wrote on Aug 10, 2008 9:22 AM:

" If it was your van it would be another story. Sounds like you'd steal it if was only a few years old ator.
If it ain't yours,don't touch it ! "

reason-ator wrote on Aug 10, 2008 10:27 AM:

" It looks like a couple of people failed the humor check.

I wasn't trying to make anybody miserable. Especially if they already are. "

dreluvwine26 wrote on Aug 10, 2008 11:48 AM:

" reason-ator: i saw the humor in your post...some people need to take some "happy pills"..... "

reason-ator wrote on Aug 10, 2008 12:42 PM:

" Thanks,dreluvwine26.

I've had a car stolen. I've had many of my cars broken into and had things stolen. I figured it was pretty obvious I was mocking the people who were in the stolen car ( who, to be fair, may not have known the car was stolen- people have been known to "buy" cars that they were unaware were stolen ).

It was nice to be called a thief by someone who is for Obama, though. That's some great insight. Kinda scary how some types of people will label someone they don't even know. Like I just did. "

gatekeeper wrote on Aug 10, 2008 12:54 PM:

" What if... the two arrested won the van on a poker game earlier and the sore looser called the cops to report the car stolen?

Was the car hot wired? Was it driven with its own keys? When was the car reported stolen, a few hours earlier, days, weeks? Why would the cops be in the "look out" for that particular car?

Just playing devils advocate :) "

MarshaMarsha wrote on Aug 10, 2008 1:22 PM:

" Darn! More German immigrants arrested for stolen property. Can't trust those Europeans. "

crusherfan wrote on Aug 10, 2008 1:31 PM:

" do you know how many strawberries you can haul in a van? "

Winewoman wrote on Aug 10, 2008 1:52 PM:

" MarshaMarsha, you crack me up! "

vocal-de-local wrote on Aug 10, 2008 2:46 PM:

" LOL Marsha!

Actually there was a time in our history when Germans were the subject of scorn regarding their immigration status and surname. Where I grew up in Santa Rosa, we had neighbors with a French surname living next door. Their son used to come over and tease us for being "German". There were all kinds of stereotypes he used to get our goat! Funny thing is, our heritage and paternal surname was actually Dutch! I guess kids don't know everything! But his parents were sure filling him up with discriminatory values at a young age!

My husband's maternal line immigrated to the U.S. in 1710. They were German Palatines and were treated like slaves upon arrival. Immigrants today are treated like royalty by comparison! German Palatines were expected to work for free and in fact, they were indentured servants for awhile, until they established their own communities and refused to assimilate into British colonies, partly due to mistreatment!

The world was a tough place for immigrants back then; far worse than the comfy pillow we've stuffed to soften the impact for immigrants today. When I hear the whine of modern day immigrants, I'm annoyed! Some of them are coming here with the intention of "take" rather than "give" or making a positive contribution. Stealing, participating in the drug trade, operating dangerous drug cartels, using our national forests to grow drug crops, working and distributing earnings under the table; it seems the attitude is more take than give! I'm not the most patriotic individual, partly due to my upbringing and participation in the 60's/70's hippie culture, but I'm getting a little fed up with the U.S. being such an easy target for "dumping". "

grape wrote on Aug 12, 2008 8:49 AM:

" crusherfan, that was funny. You might be right on the money too. "

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