San Rafael police sting results in 2 bike theft arrests
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - San Rafael police arrested a man and a woman Thursday during a downtown sting operation designed to catch bicycle thieves.
Officers with the police department's Special Operations Unit set trap by locking a "bait bike" to the railing in front of a building in the 700 block of Irwin Street.
After a while, two suspects allegedly came by to look at the bike, left the area and then came back with bolt cutters.
One suspect, 29-year-old Demetrious Holmes, was arrested after allegedly cutting the bike free from the railing and trying to ride off with it, police said.
The other suspect, 38-year-old Jasmine Butterfly, was arrested in a nearby parking lot.
Holmes was arrested on suspicion of grand theft, possession of burglary tools, conspiracy to commit a crime and a parole violation, according to police.
Butterfly was arrested on suspicion of grand theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, driving on a suspended license and felony warrants from Siskiyou and Humboldt counties, police said.