Roseville PD: 2 arrested for stealing landscape equipment

Two men were arrested for allegedly stealing landscape equipment from maintenance crews, Roseville police said Saturday.

Shafeeq Jamal Purdy, 32, and Christopher Darnell Ross, 20, were taken into custody in connection with the thefts Friday, officials said.

Roseville police were looking into a recent increase in thefts from landscape maintenance crews and were on a stakeout just before 11 a.m. on Friday on Park Regency Drive.

Officers said they saw a vehicle cruising slowly through the neighborhood and watched two people get out of the vehicle and take tools from a landscaper's trailer.

The officers stopped the vehicle and detained the driver on Junction Boulevard, but the passenger got out of the vehicle and ran away. He apparently jumped over a retaining wall and through yards in the neighborhood before officers found him in a yard on the 1800 block of Grouse Run Circle, police said.

The stolen property was recovered and returned to the victim.

According to police, Purdy and Ross were arrested on suspicion of grand theft, conspiracy and possession of burglar's tools. Purdy also faces charges ofdelaying or obstructing police officers.

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Roseville PD: 2 arrested for stealing landscape equipment