On Aug. 21, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) says its Coastal Division Investigative Services Unit received information regarding a wanted felony suspect, 19-year-old Watsonville resident Diego Tostado Galvan, who was believed to be armed and traveling through the Central Coast on Highway 101.

With assistance from the Santa Cruz County Anti-Crime Team (SCCACT), the Santa Cruz Auto Theft Reduction and Enforcement Team (SCARE), and the Coastal Division K9 Unit, investigators reportedly began efforts to locate the suspect.

At approximately 1:30 p.m., investigators say they located Galvan and his associate, 19-year-old Castro Valley resident Jeremiah Samuel Caldwell, at a bus station in Santa Barbara.

Both subjects were safely detained without incident, according to the CHP.

At the time

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