Beaumont, CA - On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at approximately 9:27 p.m., members of the Beaumont Police Department Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) arrested Donald Couch, age 38, of Bloomington. Couch was identified as a suspect in a series of reported mailbox thefts. CSU Officers were able to track down Couch after video footage was submitted showing him emptying a mailbox in the City earlier this week.
With the assistance of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, officers located Couch at his residence and conducted a parole search. Officers located evidence linking him to the thefts. Couch was booked at Smith Correctional Facility in Banning for burglary, being in possession of stolen property, and violation of parole.
If you have information about this case. Please contact the On-Duty Watch Commander at 951-769-8500. Information can also be reported anonymously at crimetips@beaumontpd.org.