By JOHN ASBURY, The Press-Enterprise

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested an 18-year-old man Wednesday they say has eluded them for several weeks in connection with a stolen-car incident.

Whitecloud Robert Trujillo was wanted following a police pursuit Sept. 7 in a stolen vehicle, sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies on that day found the stolen car with ammunition inside it at a residence on the Soboba Indian Reservation.

Last weekend, Trujillo, a member of the tribe, was found at a San Jacinto home in the 1800 block of Cognac Court. Police at the time were investigating a separate drive-by shooting in Valle Vista, according to a sheriff’s report.

Police also arrested Janei Clara Sanchez, 21, of the Soboba tribe.

Her car was reportedly used during the drive-by shooting of an unknown target and she was wanted for questioning.

She was also held on possession of methamphetamine, according to the report.

At the time of his arrest, Trujillo was wearing a bulletproof vest and was armed with two loaded handguns.

He surrendered peacefully though, according to the report.

While searching for Trujillo the past three weeks, deputies served a search warrant on a house in the 42000 block of Castile Canyon Road on the reservation.

It was the home where Trujillo was believed to have been staying at the time.

They found another car that contained a sawed-off shotgun, said Riverside County sheriff’s Lt. Patricia Knudson.

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Posted on September 25th, 2008 by hunwut
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