Armed Suspect Arrested Hiding In Dumpster

A 43-year-old man carrying a gun was arrested in Fremont after officers chased him to a dumpster where he tried to hide. (kron4.com) Fremont police said patrol officers spotted the man at 8:38 a.m. Monday, April 20, near Industrial Drive and South Grimmer Boulevard. When they stopped him, officers saw the handle of a gun protruding from his clothing, according to the department. (kron4.com) Police said the man fled on foot and ran through barbed wire before officers set up a containment area around nearby businesses. Bystanders then told officers he may have climbed into a garbage dumpster on Pestana Court. (kron4.com) Officers surrounded the dumpster, launched a drone for aerial surveillance, opened the lid and used a police K-9 during the arrest, police said. KRON identified the suspect as Fortino Preciado, 43. (kron4.com) The chase landed in an industrial part of Fremont, and the response used the patrol tools the department says it deploys citywide: officers in three patrol zones, a K-9 unit and unmanned aircraft support. Fremont police say patrol is the department’s largest division and that its drone program has been in operational use since 2017. (fremontpolice.gov, fremontpolice.gov) The arrest came during a year when Fremont police have also been handling other armed and fast-moving cases, including a February 14 officer-involved shooting tied to burglary suspects who fled on foot. Patch reported that case ended with one suspect hospitalized and three others arrested. (patch.com) Fremont police publish a weekly blotter but say some editions are unavailable because of limited staffing and resources. The department directs residents to its crime map and Week in Review for recent incidents and patrol highlights. (fremontpolice.gov, fremontpolice.gov) For Preciado, the chase ended where officers and bystanders said it did: inside a dumpster on Pestana Court, with police overhead and a K-9 at the lid. (kron4.com)