Full Notification

Incident:                 Attempted Vehicle Theft
Report Number:     24-0562
Occurred Date :     February 5, 2024
Location:                361 E. Washington Street
Suspect:                 Krystle Hogan, 41, Clearlake
 
 
 
Incident Summary:
 
On February 5th, 2024, the Petaluma Police Department received a call from a witness of an attempted vehicle theft. The witness stated a female suspect attempted to steal the victim’s vehicle which was parked near O’Reilly Auto Parts at 361 E. Washington Street. While officers were responding to the location, the witness observed the suspect and victim in a physical altercation, then the suspect run away. Officers located and detained the suspect near the entrance to CVS. The suspect was later identified as Krystle Hogan (41) from Clearlake.
 
Officers learned Hogan had approached the victim, a seventy-four-year-old male from Sebastopol, as he was walking to his vehicle and requested a ride. When the victim refused to give Hogan a ride, Hogan pushed him away from his vehicle and struck him multiple times in the chest. Hogan then got into the victim’s vehicle but was unable to start it. The victim confronted Hogan and she brandished a screwdriver in a threatening manner. The victim attempted to call 911 on his cellphone, which prompted Hogan to grab the cellphone from him and run away. The victim was uninjured during the incident.
 
Hogan was arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Jail for 211 PC; Robbery, 664/10851 VC, Attempted Vehicle Theft, 417(a)(1) PC; Brandishing a Deadly Weapon, 591.5 PC; Preventing a 911 Call, 368(b)(1); Elder Abuse, and 148(a)(1) PC; Resisting Arrest.
 
The Petaluma Police Department would like to thank the community members who called 911 upon witnessing this incident and those who alerted officers to Hogan’s whereabouts upon their arrival.   
 
Media inquiries can be directed to Lieutenant Garrett Glaviano at (707)778-4439.