Man accused of stealing license plate stickers

<p>A Cotati police officer randomly checking for valid vehicle registrations while on patrol Wednesday stumbled on an ex-convict with what appeared to be two stolen car registration stickers and suspected burglary tools in his car, police said.</p><p>Raymond Lee Patrick, 35, was in custody Thursday at the Sonoma County Jail on a no-bail hold, jail personnel said.</p><p>Police said that when Officer Chris Diaz checked the license plate on Patrick’s car at about 11:25 a.m. Wednesday, he found that state records showed the registration expired in 2006 even though the license plate sported a 2008 sticker.</p><p>Diaz also found out that the car’s registered owner was on probation for convictions for burglary and possession of stolen property conviction, police said.</p><p>Police said Patrick had a backpack in his car with two worn crow bars and a gouged screwdriver in addition to a stolen 2007 registration tab Diaz contacted him on East Cotati Avenue.</p><p>Patrick was arrested for suspected possession of burglary tools, possession of stolen property and violation of felony probation, police said.</p><p>Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to call Diaz at 792-4611.</p>