People v. Arevalos CA4/2

BACKGROUND

On September 22, 2022, officers found Arevalos in the rear of a 2001 Dodge Ram

1500 pulled into the dirt alongside the road after responding to a call about a possible

stolen vehicle. The vehicle was missing both its license plates and the interior was

stripped, with the ignition, radio, and climate controls gone and the dash missing. The

police ran the vehicle’s VIN and saw that it was reported stolen by Glenn M. Arevalos

told them he purchased the car from his cousin for $300. He told police he did not have

the vehicle’s registration, but did have two bills of sale. After retrieving the bills of sale,

the officers asked why Arevalos had two of them, and he told them it was because the

first looked fraudulent so he had a second one made. The officers noticed discrepancies

in the bills of sale, including that the second bill of sale listed the wrong manufacturing

date and the two bills of sale did not match each other with regards to the names and

dates of sale listed.{RT 668} They eventually found the vehicle’s registration in the car,

which showed Glenn M. as the registered owner. Arevalos also admitted to driving the

vehicle to its then current…