December 4, 2009
Yucaipa church secretary pursues suspect
First Baptist Church of Yucaipa Secretary Carol Smith aided in the apprehension of a parolee when she followed the suspect, Manuel Albert Reyes, 41, of Fontana from the church parking lot at 34784 Yucaipa Blvd. to a San Bernardino business after witnessing the suspect steal the church's bus.
The incident began about 10:45 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. Smith said she pulled into the church parking lot with her 13-year-old granddaughter and saw a man getting into the bus. "I asked him who he was and he said he was going to take the bus to the shop," Smith reported. "When things didn't look quite right, I got a little suspicious."
Smith followed the suspect in the small 26-passenger bus along Yucaipa Boulevard onto the I-10 freeway while on the phone with Sheriff Dispatch…
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