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# Suspect found at wheel of stolen vehicle in Santa Monica
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/suspect-found-at-wheel-of-stolen-vehicle-in-santa-monica/
- Published: 2016-06-04T13:14:49.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:46:26.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, appian way, Los Angeles, los angeles police department, pacific terrace, Santa Monica, santa monica california, Santa Monica Crime, santa monica crime watch, santa monica daily press, santa monica news, santa monica police, smpd, stolen vehicle, walter alfredo salmeron-torres, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 14:39

On May 25 at approximately 1:35 a.m., Santa Monica police officers were patrolling in the area of the 1700 block of Appian Way when they conducted a license-plate inquiry of a vehicle parked at Pacific Terrace just west of Appian Way.

Through the license-plate inquiry, officers determined the vehicle was reported stolen by the Los Angeles Police Department's Wilshire Division. The vehicle was unoccupied at the time.

At 3:45 a.m., officers noticed a suspect sitting in the driver's seat of the vehicle. Officers approached the suspect and detained him.

The suspect, later identified as Walter Alfredo Salmeron-Torres, 22, of Los Angeles, was taken into custody on a vehicle theft charge. Bail was set at $25,000.

*Note: Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.*