P. v. Trujillo CA6
On July 18, 2018, officers arrested defendant at the Pacific Pride gas station in San Jose, where he and another man (whom officers were unable to positively identify) were pumping diesel fuel into two large vessels in the back of a stolen Ryder box truck. A shed on the premises housed the computer system for the fuel pumps. The shed was unlocked and the pumps used by defendant had been set to manual mode. Defendant was arrested at the scene on an unrelated warrant.
Some three months later on October 9, officers were alerted to a stolen Freightliner truck parked behind a Target store also in San Jose. Defendant, who was in the driver’s seat with the engine running, did not respond when ordered to exit the truck. Officers entered the cab and ordered defendant to turn off the engine. Instead defendant drove the truck over a small embankment and into a loading bay, injuring both officers, before fleeing on foot.
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