“Like a scene out of a movie” is how Amy Escandon described the way police arrested a man who she accused of selling a stolen car to her sister, Evelyn Escobar, for $23,000. The vehicle ended up being a rental with a fake DMV title.
The siblings were the ones who tracked down the suspect.
“Our victim became an online sleuth and continued to shop for vehicles for sale online,” Corona Police Sgt. Robert Montanez said.
He identified the suspect as Sebastian Flores after they said he tried to sell a car that didn’t belong to him to undercover agents. Flores pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, auto theft and fraud charges. An NBC 7 call to Flores was not returned.
A second man was also arrested as he left the shopping center where the meeting took place. He was not charged in this case…