Morgan Hill police arrested a Campbell man Nov. 10 who had more than 20 sets of stolen car keys from an area dealership in his vehicle.
An MHPD officer made a traffic stop on a “refurbished older San Jose police car” about 6pm Nov. 10, according to a post on the MHPD Facebook page.
The traffic stop resulted in a search of the vehicle, during which the officer found the numerous sets of car keys tucked inside the trunk, police said.
Attached to many of the keys were valet tags that looked similar to each other. The officer began contacting vehicle dealerships throughout the county until police located the victim, according to authorities.
The victim auto dealer told police that the keys were stolen, and the suspect was a recently terminated employee, police said. MHPD Sgt. Troy Hoefling clarified that the suspect was likely upset with the former employer, and police do not think he intended to try to steal the vehicles to which the keys belonged.
Police arrested the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, Michael Aaron Buckland, 41, of Campbell, on suspicion of embezzlement and stolen property.
