SAN MATEO COUNTY (BCN) — San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man near unincorporated La Honda on Tuesday after they found him inside a vehicle that had been stolen in San Francisco, according to the sheriff’s office.
At about 8:21 a.m. Tuesday, deputies said they received a report of a vehicle blocking a driveway in the 2700 block of La Honda Road.
When deputies approached the vehicle, the man inside, Ricky Tauanuu, 23, said he ran out of gas, sheriff’s officials said.
Deputies noted that Tauanuu, a transient, appeared nervous and fidgety, sheriff’s officials said.
Once they determined the vehicle was stolen out of San Francisco, deputies conducted a search of the vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office.
Inside the car, deputies found a glass pipe with a residue suspected to be methamphetamine, as well as a hypodermic syringe, sheriff’s officials said.
Deputies arrested Tauanuu on suspicion of vehicle theft, receiving stolen property, possession of paraphernalia and possession of a hypodermic syringe, according to the sheriff’s office.
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