Man arrested for Solano shooting and robberies
The suspect was also wanted in connection with a robbery in Pinole, the sheriff's office said.
(Photo courtesy California Highway Patrol)
A man was arrested last week in connection with several crimes that took place in Solano County throughout December, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office said in a bulletin on social media.
Webster Johnson, 30, was captured y police after a high-speed chase that ended in Berkeley with the suspect trying to flee from officers by jumping into the San Francisco Bay.
His escape plan didn’t work, deputies said.
Johnson was wanted by police for a string of crimes that began on December 9 when sheriff’s deputies responded to Carlson Street in Vallejo for a report of a shooting. Deputies later learned that the shooting stemmed from an attempted robbery that allegedly involved Johnson.
Six days later, officers in Modesto were involved in a shooting with a suspect named Alonzo Warren. An investigation into that shooting revealed Warren was linked to the same robbery in Vallejo that Johnson participated in, police said.
Coincidentally, that same day, deputies in Vallejo and officers in nearby Pinole responded to reports of separate robberies that allegedly involved Johnson, the sheriff’s office said.
Police issued an all-points bulletin throughout the Bay Area, which drew them to the Pinole robbery where they quickly located a vehicle associated with Johnson.
“Instead of complying with deputies’ orders, Johnson used his vehicle to ram a marked Sheriff’s car before leading deputies on a chase through Solano, Contra Costa and Alameda counties,” officials said. "
After Johnson was pulled from the San Francisco Bay, police searched the area where the chase ended. They recovered two fully-loaded handguns from the water, the agency said.
In addition to the robbery, assault and firearms charges, police said Johnson had a felony warrant stemming from a domestic violence situation in Alameda County.
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