Full Notification

DATE/TIME: January 21, 2021 / 1:05 p.m.

INCIDENT: Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Vehicle Theft, Violent Felon in Possession of Body Armor

LOCATION: Civic Drive, Victorville

SUSPECT(S): Matthew Ehlen, 38-year old Fontana resident
Jessi Rae Dennison, 38-year old Rancho Cucamonga resident

VICTIM(S): Copart Auto Auctions, Rancho Cucamonga


SUMMARY: On January 21, 2021, Deputy A. Ramos, with the Victorville Police Department, received tracking information on two stolen vehicles. The two vehicles had been reported stolen from Copart Auto Auctions, in Rancho Cucamonga, the same morning. With the assistance of Deputy C. Bennington, the 2017 Dodge pickup and the 2017 Cadillac it was towing were located in the area of Civic Drive and Seneca Road.

As deputies contacted the driver, Matthew Ehlen, they discovered he was wearing a body armor vest. A record check on Ehlen showed he was a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing body armor. Ehlen and his passenger, Jessi Rae Dennison, were arrested without incident. Ehlen was booked at High Desert Detention Center for violent felon in possession of body armor, possession of a stolen vehicle, and vehicle theft. Dennison was arrested and booked at High Desert Detention Center for possession of a stolen vehicle.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy A. Ramos at the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

Refer: Mara Rodriguez, Media Relations

Station: Victorville Police Department

Case #: 172100715

Phone No. (760) 241-2911

JOHN MCMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department