Crime & Safety
Alleged Prowler Arrested at Golden Eagle Shopping Center
Petaluma police arrest man just before 3 a.m. today.
A 26-year-old man was arrested by Petaluma Police this morning on suspicion of prowling and probation violation.
Police said they took Michael Thomas Beacham, described as a transient, into custody at 2:53 a.m. the Golden Eagle Shopping Center in Petaluma.
Police said a maintenance worker at Dempsey’s Alehouse in the Golden Eagle
Shopping Center saw Beacham trying to open the doors to his car.
This activated the maintenance worker’s car alarm.
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Beacham hid in a partially covered patio of a nearby business, where he was
detained without incident.
Beacham was arrested for alleged prowling and violation of probation, police said. He was booked at Sonoma County Jail.
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