Fremont Police Nab Armed Suspect in Dumpster

Fremont police arrested a 43-year-old man after officers found him hiding in a garbage dumpster during a foot chase on April 20. (kron4.com) The encounter began at 8:38 a.m. Monday near Industrial Drive and South Grimmer Boulevard, where patrol officers stopped a “suspicious person” and saw the handle of a gun sticking out of his clothing, police said. (yahoo.com) Police said the man, identified as Fortino Preciado of Fremont, ran when officers tried to detain him and sprinted through barbed wire before officers set up a containment area around nearby businesses. Bystanders then directed officers to a dumpster on Pestana Court. (kron4.com) Officers used a drone to watch the dumpster from above, opened the lid, and sent in a police dog to help take Preciado into custody, according to Fremont police. He was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. (yahoo.com) Police said Preciado was on parole from an earlier resisting-arrest case when he was re-arrested Monday. Fremont police said he was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, and resisting arrest. (kron4.com) An arrest log published by Local Crime News lists the April 20 arrest in Alameda County and names the same three allegations, though charging decisions are made later by prosecutors and courts. (localcrimenews.com) The case did not appear on Fremont police’s main press-release list as of April 23, which has recent entries on traffic deaths, distracted driving enforcement, and a rabid bat but no separate post about the dumpster arrest. The department’s website directs residents to its social media and alert channels for some updates. (fremontpolice.gov, fremontpolice.gov) The chase ended where police said it did: inside a dumpster behind Fremont businesses, with officers relying on witnesses, aerial surveillance, and a K9 to pull an armed parolee out of hiding. (kron4.com)