From Lafayette PD:
On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, Lafayette police detectives were in the city of Stockton looking for a stolen vehicle that was associated with suspects who were wanted for committing multiple auto burglaries in Lafayette in July.
The detectives located the stolen car and notified the Delta Regional Auto Theft Task Force Team (Delta RATT) which consists of law enforcement officers from Stockton, Tracy, Manteca, San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol. Delta RATT spotted the vehicle which led the officers on a pursuit. The suspect fled on foot and barricaded herself in an apartment. Officers later arrested the suspect and another person when they exited the apartment.
Both were booked into the San Joaquin County Jail:
25-year-old Leticia Fernandez, Oakland
-Charges: vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, evading a peace officer, obstructing/resisting a public officer, conspiracy, and probation violation.
-Fernandez is being held without bail.
29-year-old Jose Luis Barajas Avalos, Oakland
-Charges: vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, obstructing/resisting a public officer, conspiracy, and probation violation.
-Barajas Avalos is being held without bail.
The investigation is ongoing. Fernandez and Barajas Avalos are also suspects in other crimes in the Bay Area. Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the Lafayette Police Department at (925) 283-3680. For any tips, email: 94549Tips@gmail.com or call (866) 846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
Bye Leticia
nicely done
Some warning about ongoing multiple car burglaries would have been nice. Arrests are good, but we need actionable information. Or did I miss the be it n the lookout?
In your last two news stories. It was women were the perpetrators! You’ve come a long way baby!
It is a phenomena we noted and remarked on as soon as they got out of the car and raised their hands…
Leticia has 20 arrests since 2020. See: https://www.localcrimenews.com/welcome/detail/96222004/leticia-fernandez-arrest.html. Until CA politicians care about crime, this is a waste. Criminals need to be locked up.
As Peter noted above, they’ll be out of the can soon and looking for you. It’s The Wild West Out There, be careful.
Firestone 11R
That’s just not ladylike behavior…
So they spend all this time trying to locate the perps and the vehicles after the fact, but the owner of the F650 in Pleasant Hill that called the cops AS they were driving away with his truck, the officer abandoned the chase at Highway 24 even though the 2nd vehicle tried preventing the cop from entering the freeway. I don’t get it!
Ask Pleasant Hill PD or City Hall what their pursuit policy is. The public should know what constraints have been put on the officers by the policymakers.
Here is Pleasant Hill PD’s pursuit policy. It starts on page 108 of their Policy Manual.
https://www.phillca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/20381/RELEASE_20220311_T172014_Pleasant_Hill_PD_Policy_Manual_redacted