Police capture kidnapping, carjacking suspect

Police have captured a kidnapping/carjacking suspect they had been searching for since Wednesday evening. At approximately 6 p.m. Nov. 6, police took Grover Beach resident Ryan Soqui into custody at a rest stop in Gaviota, Ca., near Highway 101. Earlier on Friday, police received information that Soqui was going to Santa Barbara to visit a friend, Chris Newman. They conducted surveillance on Newman’s car, a white Toyota Camry. After some time, police confirmed that Newman had a male passenger in the car, later confirmed to be Ryan Soqui. Soqui was arrested for carjacking, kidnapping and robbery. He is being held at San Luis Obispo County Jail.