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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Greg Williamson, Chief of Police
Contact: Sergeant Joe Grubbs
Public Information Officer
661-326-3803
jgrubbs@bakersfieldpd.us
For Immediate Release February 28, 2014
On February 27, 2014, Bakersfield Police Detectives from the Auto Theft Detail
conducted a surveillance operation at the Valley Plaza Mall targeting vehicle thefts and
vehicle burglaries that have been occurring in the parking lot. At about 4:45 pm
detectives observed Tommy Calloway, 28, Nicholas Wooldridge, 21, and John Hunter,
34, all of Bakersfield, behaving suspiciously inside the mall and in the mall parking lot.
Detectives observed all three suspects enter a white Honda that was determined to be a
stolen vehicle. Detectives contacted the suspects in the parking lot and arrested
Calloway and Wooldridge. Hunter fled on foot but was taken into custody a short time
later with the use of a police service dog.
Hunter was arrested for Grand Theft Auto, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession
of Burglary Tools, Theft with Prior Theft Convictions and Resisting Arrest. Calloway was
arrested for Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Burglary Tools, Theft with
Prior Theft Convictions and Conspiracy. Wooldridge was arrested for Possession of
Stolen Property and Conspiracy. Both Hunter and Calloway are AB109 California Prison
Realignment probationers.
Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call the Bakersfield Police
Department at (661) 327-7111.
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