In-Progress Burglary at Cannabis Greenhouse Facility Outside of Chualar Leads to the Arrest of 8 Adults and 1 Juvenile, Recovery of Multiple Firearms and Marijuana on December 15

An in-progress burglary at a local greenhouse facility on Monday morning, December 15 led to the arrest of 8 adults along with 1 juvenile and the

recovery of multiple firearms and a large amount of marijuana.

The incident happened at about 3:40 AM at a local cannabis greenhouse facility

located on Encinal Road outside of Chualar. About 10 subjects were reported to have broken into the facility and were loading

marijuana into 4 vehicles. Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies responded along with officers from the Salinas Police

Department and California Highway Patrol.

Within minutes, all vehicles were located in the area of Encinal Road and Old Stage Road. All vehicles failed to yield to law

enforcement. 3 of the 4 vehicles were stopped with multiple persons fleeing the vehicles. One vehicle drove into a field

and became stuck while another drove into a ditch. A third vehicle was involved in a collision with CHP and the fourth

vehicle was able to get away.

8 adults and 1 juvenile were arrested. The 8 adults were booked into the Monterey County Jail, and the juvenile was booked

into Monterey County Juvenile Hall. They have been identified as:

Jalen Camp, Age 23 of San Francisco, Bail $70,000

Zakhiry Coleman, Age 18 of San Francisco, Bail $70,000

Chales Hall, Age 21 of Antioch, Bail $70,000

Cory Woodruff, Age 28 of Oakland

Jonathan Green, Age 24 of San Francisco

Jose Velasco, Age 18 of San Francisco, Bail $65,000

Dominic Logan, Age 30, City of Residence Unknown

Dominick Leon Troupe, 30 of Fremont, Bail $35,000

Juvenile Male

Among the booking charges are Burglary, Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of

Loaded Firearm and others.

This is an ongoing investigation. Monterey County Sheriff’s detectives are asking the public to contact us with any information

that could assist them in identifying additional suspects. You can provide information anonymously by calling the Monterey County Sheriff's Office at 831-755-

5111 or by visiting their online anonymous tip page at mcso.countyofmonterey.gov and selecting the “Submit a Tip” tab.

The Monterey County Sherrif’s Office wishes to thank their law enforcement partners for their assistance in this matter.

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