Southern California

Just-Freed Man Rearrested in Sheriff’s Parking Lot, Suspected of Trying to Break Into Vehicles

A sheriff’s deputy found the suspect opening the passenger door of an occupied vehicle, according to the report.
Just-Freed Man Rearrested in Sheriff’s Parking Lot, Suspected of Trying to Break Into Vehicles
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputies near the scene of a crime in San Bernardino, Calif. on Dec. 2, 2015. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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A homeless man released from a Southern California jail was rearrested in the facility’s parking lot and accused of attempting to break into sheriff’s department employees’ vehicles, officials said on May 9.

San Bernardino police arrested Manuel Nunez-Palomino, a 36-year-old homeless man, at about 10:45 a.m. on May 8 for an outstanding misdemeanor traffic warrant, and he was booked into the county’s central detention center, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office.
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