Full Notification

Last night Edgar Figueroa-Garcia, 35, Annapolis, was arrested for threatening to kill coastal Deputy Greg Myers.

Over the past three months, the Sheriff’s Office has received numerous calls from area residents that Figueroa-Garcia has been trespassing on private property. He is also suspected of stealing firewood and had been seen trespassing on an ATV with a rifle.   

On August 27, the Sheriff’s Office received a call that Figueroa-Garcia had illegally parked his backhoe on someone’s private property, which blocked a driveway.  The next day, Deputy Myers had the backhoe towed.

On September 8, the Sheriff’s Office learned that Figueroa-Garcia had been telling area residents that he was going to kill Deputy Myers since August 28, the day Deputy Myers towed his backhoe. On September 9, multiple community members confirmed the death threats Figueroa-Garcia was making towards Deputy Myers. The Sheriff’s Office began a search to find Figueroa-Garcia for these threats and his outstanding felony warrant for domestic battery, criminal death threats, and false imprisonment.                                 

On September 10 at approximately 8:56 PM, a caller told the Sheriff’s Office that Figueroa-Garcia left his trailer in the 40000 block of Annapolis Road, armed with a gun, to look for Deputy Myers at his house. Deputies searched the area and could not find Figueroa-Garcia. They continued to search for him overnight and the next day. Henry 1, Property Crime and Violent Crime Detectives, and SWAT helped with the search.

On September 11 at approximately 4:45 PM, deputies saw Figueroa-Garcia inside his trailer. They ordered him out of the trailer on a loudspeaker. Figueroa-Garcia walked out of his trailer and was arrested without incident. While being taken into custody, he continued to make verbal threats against Deputy Myers. In addition, Figueroa-Garcia’s girlfriend, Iuta Pittman, 35, Annapolis, was arrested for being an accessory by helping him hide.

Figueroa-Garcia was booked into the Sonoma County jail and is facing felony charges of criminal threats, committing a felony while released on bail, failure to appear, and threatening a peace officer. He is also facing felony charges in his warrant for domestic battery, false imprisonment, and criminal threats. Figueroa-Garcia is currently in custody and being held on $630,000 bail.  Pittman was booked into the Sonoma County jail for a felony accessory charge. Pittman is currently in custody on $10,000 bail.

Deputy Myers is assigned to the Sonoma Coast as a resident deputy with his K-9 partner Colt.  We’ve heard many community members express concern about Figueroa-Garcia’s actions over the past few months.  The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the community members that helped us in this case. 

Prepared by: Sergeant Juan Valencia, Public Information Officer
Case Nos.: 190910-011 & 190911-016
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