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MENDOCINO CO., 7/21/25 — Deputies with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Ukiah man on suspicion of multiple thefts and fraudulent credit card purchases, the office said Sunday.

In April, an employee with PG&E told the Sheriff’s Office three access cards and about $1,900 worth of items, including an iPad, were stolen from a PG&E vehicle on state Highway 20 near Irmulco Road. A tracking system led investigators to the iPad, which was found in a dumpster in the Willits area. The stolen access cards were used during an attempted purchase of about $2,200 worth of items from Coast Hardware in Willits. One of the cards was also used at New Trend Wireless and a gas station.

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