MENDOCINO CO., 8/4/25 – Two shoplifting suspects were arrested by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office last week after leading law enforcement on a chase, authorities said Monday.
Dejon Wilkes, 34, of Oakland and Birdean Gaines, 52, of Salinas were arrested Friday for allegedly shoplifting at stores in Ukiah and Cloverdale.
Sheriff’s deputies tried to pull over a white Mazda SUV in Willits that had allegedly been used to flee from the two shopliftings. The driver drove off, prompting a multi-agency chase on U.S. Highway 101 by the California Highway Patrol, the Willits Police Department and Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies, authorities said…