Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen announced that 28 year-old Isaac Anthony Makoa Rosa of Mountain View was apprehended by Special Enforcement Unit officers after 8 months on the run.

Rosa, who was paroled in 2020, was wanted on an April 2021 parole violations warrant and in relation to other active felony investigations. He is being held without bail and has been returned to custody pending hearing on his parole violations.

Additionally, Rosa has 10 prior felony convictions, including convictions for Burglary in the First Degree, Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree, and Prohibited Acts Related to Drug Paraphernalia, and 3 convictions each of Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle and Theft in the Second Degree.

The arrest was the result of a coordinated effort by Detectives Keith Simeona and John Balberde and Officers Michael Sailer, Sheldon Adviento, and Christopher Fukumoto, Special Enforcement Unit, Area I Criminal Investigation Section.

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