Thieves arrested after getaway car ran out of gas in Colma
(KRON) – Three people were accused of stealing more than $1,400 worth of merchandise from two Daly City stores, said the Colma Police Department.
Colma police officers were alerted of a black Mercedes-Benz recklessly driving near Junipero Serra Boulevard and Serra Center at approximately 6:47 p.m. on April 14. Officers learned that Mercedes ran two red lights and was stopped in the middle of the road.
Responding officers witnessed a man and a woman walking away from the vehicle and walking towards a nearby shopping center. The officers contacted the driver. According to police, the driver informed officers that the vehicle was out of gas and the man and woman were walking to get gas.
According to the police investigation, the driver was on parole and was a wanted fugitive out of Texas. Police searched the vehicle, which yielded rifle ammunition and clothing with the security sensors attached from multiple stores.
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The driver was identified as 64-year-old Austin, Texas resident Mark Piercy. Colma PD arrested Piercy.
The man and the woman who associated with the Mercedes were also detained. Police said both suspects gave the officers false identities. Police dispatch revealed the woman’s real name and that she had an out-of-county felony warrant for her arrest. The suspect was identified as 51-year-old Oakland resident Demetria Dyer.
The second male suspect was identified as 54-year-old Oakland resident Joe Minix. According to police, Minix had two out-of-county felony warrants for his arrest.
Police believe that Minix and Dyer stole from two businesses in the 100 block of Serramonte Boulevard in Daly City and Piercy acted as the getaway driver. It was determined the suspects stole $1,454.33 worth of merchandise from both stores. Police said Minix utilized used wire cutters to remove security sensors.
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All suspects were arrested and booked into the San Mateo County Jail.
Piercy was charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, felony conspiracy to commit a crime, burglary, and grand theft. Dyer was charged with burglary, felony conspiracy to commit a crime, grand theft, providing peace officers with a false name and her felony warrant. Minix was charged with burglary, felony conspiracy to commit a crime, grand theft, possession of burglary tools, providing peace officers with a false name and his two felony warrants.
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