{"id":328562,"date":"2026-05-22T23:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/328562\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T23:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:41:23","slug":"suspect-arrested-after-oakland-truck-theft-bay-bridge-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/328562\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested after Oakland truck theft, Bay Bridge chase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alleged <\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. – A suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a pickup truck in Oakland<\/a> and dragging the 76-year-old owner before fleeing the scene, authorities said. He was later captured across the Bay.<\/p>\n

Arrest and charges <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Jimmy Van Nguyen, 31, was booked into Santa Rita Jail on Thursday on felony charges of vehicle theft and evading police, according to jail records.<\/p>\n

Alleged truck theft <\/p>\n

The Alameda County District Attorney\u2019s Office alleged that Nguyen stole a GMC pickup truck near 41st and Mera streets in Oakland. The truck\u2019s elderly owner tried to stop the theft but was dragged for about half a block, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Police pursuit ends in San Francisco <\/p>\n

Authorities said Nguyen led police on a chase from Oakland across the Bay Bridge. Officers deployed spike strips during the pursuit, and the truck eventually came to a stop in San Francisco\u2019s Bayview neighborhood near Newhall Street and Carroll Avenue, where Nguyen was arrested.<\/p>\n

The Source: This story was written based on information from the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office and Santa Rita Jail records.<\/p>\n

Oakland<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. – A suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a pickup truck in Oakland and dragging the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,1184,2042,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-328562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}