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SBSD - Yucaipa Police Department
Friday May 22nd, 2026 :: 08:28 p.m. PDT

Advisory

Deputies Recover Stolen Tractor, Seize Drugs and a Firearm During Investigation



DATE/TIME: May 19, 2026

INCIDENT: PC 10851- Stolen Vehicle
PC 496d(a) - Possession of a Stolen Vehicle
PC 29800(a)(1) - Felon in Possession of Firearm
HS 11370.1(a) - Possession of a Controlled Substance While Armed with a Firearm
                     
LOCATION: Yucaipa Equestrian Center, 13273 California St., Yucaipa

SUSPECT 1: Nathan Schultz, 34-year-old Yucaipa resident
SUSPECT 2: Patricia English, 63-year-old Winchester resident

VICTIM(S): Confidential


SUMMARY: On May 19, 2026, the victim reported a Kubota tractor with a front loader was stolen from the Yucaipa Equestrian Center sometime during the night. Deputies and detectives conducted the investigation and located a witness who saw a Kubota tractor being followed by a SUV travelling west on Live Oak Road near the I-10 freeway during the early morning hours of May 19, 2026.

On May 20, 2026, detectives obtained the license plate to the suspect SUV and continued the investigation on San Timoteo Canyon Road in Redlands where they were attempting to locate the SUV and tractor. Detectives were driving east on Live Oak Canyon Road when they located a Kubota tractor and the involved vehicle driving on the road. Yucaipa patrol deputies responded to the area to assist with a traffic stop.

Nathan Schultz was contacted driving the tractor and Patricia English was contacted driving the SUV. The tractor was confirmed to be the stolen tractor.  During a search of the SUV, a loaded handgun belonging to Schultz and two large baggies of suspected methamphetamine were located inside the vehicle. Schultz and English were both arrested and booked at Central Detention Center in San Bernardino.  
 
On May 21, 2026, deputies and detectives served a search warrant at Schultz residence in the 12800 block of Country Place in Yucaipa, and located and recovered a reported stolen Ford F-750 truck. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Deputy Cupid or Detective Evans of the Yucaipa Station at (909) 918-2305 or make a report with the Yucaipa Sheriff's Station. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to text "REPORT" TO 844-909-3006, call the We-Tip Hotline at 844-909-3006, or digitally report the incident on the WeTip website using the following link: https//mobile.catapultems.com/sbcsd/Sites. 



Refer: Deputy Cupid or Detective Evans of the Yucaipa Station 

Station: Yucaipa Station

Phone No. (909) 918-2305

Case No. 142601539

SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Address/Location
SBSD - Yucaipa Police Department
34144 Yucaipa Blvd
Yucaipa, CA 92399

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