Man sentenced after stealing truck, trailer, motorcycles; eluding police
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A man was sentenced to over a year and a half in prison after stealing a trailer and motorcycles, and eluding officers, officials said.
42-year-old Ty David Tonioli was sentenced on Jan. 26. Tonioli had stolen a white enclosed 2020 Forest River trailer in Virginia Beach back on Aug. 1. Within the next two weeks, he stole several motorcycles including: a 2010 Ducati, a 2019 Kawasaki and a 2019 Yamaha motorcycle in Norfolk.
Tonioli was driving eastbound on I-264 on Aug. 11 when Norfolk Police received a FLOCK alert on the trailer’s license plate. After Tonioli failed to pull over, a pursuit began and eventually ended after Tonioli ran out of gas. The trailer contained the stolen motorcycles, and Tonioli confessed to stealing the motorcycles, trailer and the truck he was driving.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of grand larceny of an automobile, one count of selling stolen property worth $1,000 or more and one count of felony eluding.
Tonioli was sentenced to one year and seven months in prison, and suspended an additional two years on the condition that he complete two years of uniform good behavior, and supervised probation upon release.
“Mr. Tonioli stole property from multiple people and then endangered himself, the officers, and the public when he eluded the police,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “Do not steal, and when the police turn on their lights, you must stop, or there will be serious consequences.”
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