Convenience store robbed, beer taken; man arrested for public intoxication turns out to be burglary suspect

On 08-11-2017 at about 11:20 PM Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputies were summoned to a burglary in progress at a convenience store located in the 6100 block of North State Street in Calpella, California.

Upon arrival, Deputies discovered the entrance glass doors to the convenience store had been shattered.  Deputies did not locate anyone inside the store however learned some beer and other merchandise had been stolen from inside the business.

Deputies also learned the convenience store business owner had viewed the burglary via an online live feed video surveillance system and provided a description of the suspect to the Deputies.

While Deputies were processing the crime scene they were contacted by a concerned citizen reporting a highly intoxicated male subject walking in the roadway about a ¼ mile south of the convenience store.  The citizen’s description of the intoxicated subject matched the description of the burglary suspect.

Deputies located Manuel Gonzalez walking alongside the road near the intersection of North State Street and Agnes Lane.

Gonzalez was very intoxicated and was taken into custody for public intoxication.  Deputies located stolen merchandise from the convenience store on Gonzalez’s person.

Deputies later viewed the video surveillance video of the burglary and determined Gonzalez was the subject who entered and burglarized the convenience store.

Gonzalez was arrested for the listed violations and booked into the Mendocino County Jail where he was to be held in lieu of $15,000.00 bail.