Oakland quickly identified Montiel as a suspect, but Alameda County Sheriff’s investigators were ... they found all the tools of the trade of a car theft ring, along with evidence that vehicles ...

Alameda resident Kody Johnston was killed while attempting to locate her friend’s stolen car, and now police say the killer was connected to an Oakland chop shop.

OAKLAND — Police were able to locate and raid a suspected chop shop only after an alleged car thief unwittingly ... in Oakland came two weeks after Alameda County Sheriff’s investigators ...