Search in Grover Beach leads to backyard arrest of auto theft suspect
A person was arrested Thursday afternoon after leading authorities on a brief search through backyards of Grover Beach, according to Commander Jim Munro.
Authorities were searching the area of Oak Park Boulevard and Nice Avenue in Grover Beach just after 12:30 p.m., according to a post by the Grover Beach Police Department on the social media website X, formerly Twitter.
Police warned people to stay inside and call 911 if they observed anything suspicious, the post said.
The person was found hiding in a backyard shed by 1 p.m., according to Munro.
They were arrested on suspicion of auto theft, he told The Tribune.
This story was originally published October 12, 2023 at 1:37 PM.
Mackenzie Shuman
The Tribune