In an operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies, three men have been taken into custody in connection with multiple firearms-related charges, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported this week.
The arrests stem from an investigation launched by CHP’s Coastal Division Investigative Services Unit on August 21, after receiving information about Diego Tostado Galvan, a 19-year-old Watsonville resident and wanted felony suspect believed to be armed and traveling through the Central Coast on Highway 101.
Working alongside 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 tracked Galvan to a bus station in Santa Barbara. There, Galvan and 19-year-old Castro Valley resident Jeremiah Samuel Caldwell were safely detained at approximately 1:30 p.m…