- Elizabeth Larson
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Bay Area man arrested for Hopland carjacking
David Lee Bonino II, 33, was arrested in the case, according to a Tuesday evening report from the CHP’s Ukiah Area office.
Authorities said it was Bonino who last Tuesday took a Ford F-250 pickup from the parking lot of Retech Systems, located north of Hopland, with the vehicle’s owner jumping onto the running board to stop the theft. The owner was thrown from the vehicle but uninjured, as Lake County News has reported.
Law enforcement would pursue the pickup two different times as Bonino fled south on Highway 101 toward Cloverdale, the CHP said.
Bonino later ditched the vehicle in a heavily wooded area and fled on foot, with ground and air searches unable to locate him.
That same day, the CHP arrested Margarita Sobalvarro, 26, of Antioch, who they identified as an accomplice. When officers searched the Camaro Sobalvarro was driving, they found two loaded handguns, one of which had been reported stolen.
The CHP said it worked with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and the Alameda County Auto Theft Task Force to identify Bonino as the suspect in the carjacking.
Task force detectives located Bonino in Alameda County and took him into custody on Friday evening in Dublin, according to Alameda County booking records.
Bonino is being held on charges of carjacking, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and being a felon in possession of a firearm, as well as violation of community supervision, based on his booking sheet. His bail is set at $190,000.
Sobalvarro remains in custody in Mendocino County, with bail set at $135,000, according to booking records. She was booked on felony charges including vehicle theft, conspiracy, being armed in the commission of a felony, being a felon or addict in possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, and a misdemeanor charge of having a concealed weapon in a vehicle.
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