{"id":328986,"date":"2026-05-23T05:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/328986\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T05:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:36:10","slug":"oakland-truck-theft-suspect-arrested-after-elderly-owner-dragged-police-chase-across-bay-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/328986\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland truck theft suspect arrested after elderly owner dragged, police chase across Bay Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 31-year-old suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a GMC pickup truck in Oakland and dragging the 76-year-old owner for about half a block, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmy Van Nguyen was booked into Santa Rita Jail on felony charges of vehicle theft and evading police, according to jail records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said Nguyen led officers on a chase across the Bay Bridge before spike strips stopped the truck in San Francisco\u2019s Bayview neighborhood, where he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; A suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a pickup truck in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Oakland;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oakland&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oakland<\/a> and dragging the 76-year-old owner before fleeing the scene, authorities said. He was later captured across the Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Arrest and charges<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p>Alleged truck theft<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p>Police pursuit ends in San Francisco<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was written based on information from the Alameda County District Attorney&#8217;s Office and Santa Rita Jail records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A 31-year-old suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a GMC pickup truck in Oakland and dragging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4885,136643,143,145,144,31406,69657,29389],"class_list":["post-328986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-felony-charges","tag-jimmy-van-nguyen","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-pickup-truck","tag-santa-rita-jail","tag-vehicle-theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328986","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=328986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}