Fresno Police Release Names, Photos of 10 Auto Theft Suspects
Fresno police named 10 auto theft suspects and asked the public to help find them. The city records 3,134 vehicle thefts per year, costing the average household $181 annually.
The Fresno Police Department released the names and photos of 10 individuals wanted in connection with active auto-theft investigations last Thursday, asking the public to help locate them as the city continues to wrestle with one of the highest vehicle theft rates in California.
The 10 suspects are Marcos Antonio Luviano, Phitsamay Phommachack, Timothy Charles Monk, Luis Manuel Acosta, Kristopher Kirchner, Martin Raymond Caparida, Richard Lee Hood, Francisco Isaac Eiltgonzalez, Patrick Michael Moxley, and Rogelio Alejandro Castro. All are tied to active warrants or investigations being worked by the department's Career Criminal Auto Theft Team, known as CCATT.
The stakes for Fresno drivers are measurable: the city recorded 3,134 vehicle thefts in 2023 at a rate of 573 per 100,000 residents, putting the odds of any single resident losing a car to theft at one in 142 in a given year. That exposure carries a real price, with vehicle theft costing the average Fresno household an estimated $181 annually through higher comprehensive insurance premiums and out-of-pocket losses.
CCATT has previously taken on organized theft at scale. A prior investigation dismantled a ring connected to more than 75 stolen high-performance vehicles, including Dodge Chargers, Challengers, and Chevrolet Camaros valued above $3 million, leading to chop-shop shutdowns in both Fresno and Huntington Park in Los Angeles County. The April 3 public release follows that same investigative model: using community tips to accelerate arrests, surface additional victims, and trace stolen vehicles before they are stripped or moved out of the region.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the listed suspects can call the CCATT tip line at (559) 621-2228 or email ccatt@fresno.gov. Anonymous tips go to Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867. Investigators were explicit that residents should report information, not act on it: approaching any of the suspects directly risks dangerous escalation.
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