Woodland police blocked off a residential street Wednesday in search of a parolee at large, who as it turned out was not in the area in the first place.
In a Facebook post, the Woodland Police Department said it had received information that 25-year-old Joseph Gonzalez was inside a vehicle parked in the 100 block of Muir Street. Officers blocked off the street and brought in a robot to determine whether it was Gonzalez who occupied the car.
“Ultimately it was discovered that the information given to us was inaccurate and Gonzalez was not located,” said the post, which also thanked the West Sacramento Police Department, Yolo County Bomb Squad, Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and the Woodland Fire Department for assisting during the incident.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Gonzalez — or any other wanted subjects, who are featured weekly in the Police Department’s “Warrant Wednesday” postings on Facebook — is urged to call police at 530-666-2411 or leave a message on the agency’s Facebook page.