on armed-robbery charges

By Lauren Keene Enterprise

staff writer

Yolo County sheriff’s detectives arrested two suspects last week in connection with a May 1 armed robbery.

The crime targeted two women driving through Zamora in northern Yolo County on their way home from providing vendor services at a Colusa County event, according to sheriff’s Lt. Juan Ceja.

At about 12:30 a.m., “the victims exited onto County Road 14, where they unknowingly were being followed by two vehicles,” Ceja said. “The suspect vehicles flashed their highbeam headlights, giving the victims the impression that they intended to pass.”

When the victims pulled over, however, the other two vehicles blocked their car on the remote roadway, Ceja said. An armed man approached their car, robbing them of two purses containing large amounts of cash, as well as gold necklaces.

Using detailed descriptions provided by witnesses to the crime, sheriff’s detectives traced the two suspects to the cities of Santa Rosa and Calistoga. They served search warrants in both cities last Thursday, seizing multiple firearms as well as three grams of methamphetamine.

The two suspects, identified as Alonso Molina Salas of Santa Rosa and Eduardo Enriquez Jaramillo Navarrete of Calistoga, were booked into the Yolo County jail on armed robbery, illegal gun possession and drug-related charges.