Crime Report
Monday, November 9, 2009
Calif. man stole car to face theft charge

VALLEJO, Calif. -- The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.

A patrol investigator said he arrested Samuel Botchvaroff as he sat inside a stolen 2000 Range Rover at the Vallejo courthouse. The 24-year-old Botchvaroff had just left his arraignment on auto theft charges stemming from an Oct. 31 arrest.

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