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Sonoma County Crime And Creep Watch, Santa Rosa, CA (2026)

09/07/2026

THIS IS THE REAL THUMPZ: THE STORY HE DOESN’T TELL. HIS VICTIM WAS 10

People go to prison and receive opportunities to take advantage of educational and rehabilitation programs. Some people use those opportunities to change. But rehabilitation is not proven by simply getting released. It is proven through someone’s conduct after prison.

Based on everything we reviewed, THUMPZ does not appear rehabilitated. He continues promoting the same gang mentality while presenting himself publicly as a rapper, influencer and personal trainer.

Zackery Prunty, better known as THUMPZ, was convicted following a gang confrontation near a Panda Express restaurant in Sacramento in 2010. According to the California court record, Prunty identified himself as a Norteño from the Detroit Boulevard set.

After exchanging gang insults with 21 year old Gustavo Manzo, Prunty pulled out a gun and fired six rounds. Manzo was shot, and his girlfriend’s 10 year old brother was struck in the leg.

Prunty was convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter, assault with a fi***rm, personally using a fi***rm and causing great bodily injury. His original 32 year sentence was later reduced after the gang enhancements were overturned. That ruling did not erase the shooting or overturn his convictions involving the victims.

THUMPZ was a teenager, but the child who was shot was only 10.

In a video reviewed by our platform, THUMPZ discusses the shooting and his prison experience without appearing remorseful. Most importantly, he never mentions the 10 year old child struck by his gunfire.

Why leave out the youngest and most innocent victim?

THUMPZ now claims to represent positivity and love, yet his music and “SK” merchandise continue promoting gang hostility. Images provided to our platform appear to show this merchandise being promoted to children. A child wearing gang antagonistic clothing could be mistaken for a participant and seriously harmed or murdered by rivals.

Our platform was also informed by people familiar with the relationship that THUMPZ began dating the mother of his child when she was approximately 16 or 17 years old. We received this information from several people previously, and another person independently brought the same information forward. We are not claiming this proves a separate crime because his age and the complete circumstances at that time have not been established. We are reporting exactly what was provided to our platform.

The threat created by gang antagonism is real. During this year’s Cinco de Mayo celebration on Sebastopol Road, shots were fired in broad daylight near the festival while police were assigned nearby. A man was wounded and a taco truck was struck. Police publicly described the shooting as gang related. Information received by our platform specifically identified those allegedly responsible as Sureño gang members.

Our platform also received information that an unprecedented number of Sureño gang members came to today’s event from surrounding areas. We had been warned about this before the event, and the concern intensified after people learned THUMPZ was coming.

This is not an attack on lowriding. Lowrider events are supposed to represent cars, culture, families and community. The problem is people bringing gang antagonism and rival messages into spaces filled with children.

A message directly to Zackery:

Take care of your children and think about the influence you are having on other people’s children. You cannot claim to represent positivity while selling hateful merchandise and promoting the same mentality that sent you to prison.

This is the real THUMPZ.

Not just the rapper, influencer and personal trainer shown on social media. This is the documented story, including the 10 year old victim he chose not to mention.

09/05/2026

RUDY CAMPOS CONTACTS US AHEAD OF TOMORROW’S CAR SHOW

Rudy Campos contacted us regarding tomorrow’s car show and confirmed that The Real THUMPZ has been told he is not allowed to attend.

We are grateful that our concerns were taken seriously. His anticipated presence raised concerns that tensions could increase, so we are satisfied with the decision to keep him away from the event.

Campos also told us that organizers will vet their vendors more thoroughly moving forward and take additional steps to improve the event dramatically from this point on. We appreciate his willingness to listen, address the concerns and make changes that will help keep future events safe and family-friendly.

At this point, we do not anticipate any gang violence tomorrow, especially with the amount of public attention now surrounding the event. We believe everyone will be on their best behavior. We are hopeful that families will feel comfortable bringing their children and enjoying a peaceful and successful car show.

Our goal was never to destroy this event. It was to bring attention to legitimate safety concerns so they could be addressed before something happened. Rudy Campos responded, action was taken and we are satisfied with the outcome.

09/05/2026

PUBLIC SAFETY WARNING: SERIOUS GANG-RELATED CONCERNS SURROUND SUNDAY’S ROHNERT PARK CAR SHOW

The third annual Rohnert Park Downtown Car Show and Festival is scheduled for Sunday, September 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 6400 State Farm Drive. It is advertised as a family event featuring classic cars, lowriders, motorcycles, music, food, merchandise and a b**r garden.

Based on what happened last year and new information received within the last few months and today, there is a legitimate concern that unresolved gang tensions could place families in danger if organizers and law enforcement are not fully prepared.

Rohnert Park has historically experienced Sureño gang activity. Lowrider clubs are not gangs, and lowrider culture should never automatically be associated with criminal activity. However, some individual club members have gang associations. Historically, rival participants have maintained a mutual understanding that gang politics and violence remain outside lowrider shows because these events are attended by children, elders and entire families.

According to numerous witnesses, that understanding was violated during last year’s second annual event.

Rudy Campos, who is responsible for the lowrider portion of the show, invited clubs and participants from Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Stockton and other areas. Campos is from Healdsburg and, according to multiple people familiar with North Bay gang dynamics, has longstanding personal and historical ties to individuals associated with the Norteño gang side.

We are not claiming that Campos personally participated in the violence. However, his familiarity with these associations and the territorial divide means he should have understood the potential danger created by bringing rival-affiliated individuals together without adequate safeguards.

Some of the invited participants reportedly arrived displaying Norteño-associated colors, clothing and symbols. Local individuals associated with the rival Sureño side were also present. Despite that tension, the event remained peaceful for most of the day.

According to witnesses, the violence began after most families and participants had gone home. An older man, believed to be in his 60s and described as heavily intoxicated, allegedly attempted to provoke a group of approximately three to five people. Witnesses said the group initially ignored him.

When those individuals later walked toward the bathrooms, they were allegedly ambushed. Witnesses described a larger group of local and out-of-town Norteño associates attacking them. A major fight followed near an event that had been filled with children only a short time earlier.

The confrontation reportedly came dangerously close to becoming a shooting. According to people who were present, one of the individuals who had been attacked went to his vehicle and attempted to retrieve a fi***rm equipped with an extended or high-capacity magazine. Two people who knew him reportedly intervened and stopped him from returning with the weapon.

Had those individuals not stepped in, families could have been dealing with a mass shooting or loss of life instead of a fistfight.

On July 15, we contacted Rudy Campos directly. We explained what witnesses reported and asked what safeguards would be implemented this year, whether organizers and security had been fully informed, and whether additional protection would be assigned to the lowrider area. Our messages were delivered, but Campos did not respond.

We also contacted the Rohnert Park Community Center, which leases the property for events. A city representative told us they were unaware of the larger confrontation and investigated the information we provided. They also informed us that they reached out to Frank Lemos, and instructed him to inform Rudy Campos to respond to our Message. He’s still ignored and never responded. That is concerning.

Rohnert Park police were reportedly not present when the main fight occurred and arrived afterward. The only incident authorities located or described involved a separate altercation between two women later in the day.

The city representative contacted Frankie Lemus, who is involved in coordinating the event. Lemus confirmed that a fight occurred and reportedly stated that additional security would be present this year. We initially accepted that response because our purpose is not to damage the event. Our concern is protecting the families who attend it.

Today, however, we received several new warnings regarding Sacramento social-media personality The Real Thumpz, who has announced that he will attend and sell merchandise.

The Real Thumpz is widely viewed as an online agitator. His content repeatedly uses gang imagery, promotes gang-related hostility and places him in confrontational situations that can create unnecessary violence. Videos show him approaching and provoking people on camera, including individuals who do not appear to be gang-involved or physically interested in confronting him.

This behavior should not be dismissed as entertainment or social-media promotion. When someone builds attention by provoking confrontations and then brings that behavior into a crowded family event involving rival gang territories, it becomes a serious and foreseeable public-safety concern.

His merchandise and online content include prominent red clothing and gang-related symbolism. Of particular concern is merchandise displaying the letters “SK,” a phrase commonly understood within gang culture as “Sureño Killer.” That slogan is not harmless branding. It is an inflammatory and potentially deadly insult when displayed around people associated with the rival side.

The Real Thumpz previously appeared at Santa Rosa’s Wednesday Night Market. According to witnesses, he did not engage in his usual confrontational behavior because he was outnumbered by rival Sureño gang members and left shortly afterward.

We are now receiving reports that Sureño associates from Sonoma County will attend Sunday’s show because of last year’s attack and the appearance of The Real Thumpz. Now with the history, current messaging and presence of inflammatory gang-related merchandise create a threat that organizers and police cannot responsibly ignore.

This is not a gang gathering. It is supposed to be a family car show.

Children and families should not be placed between rival groups, intoxicated individuals, social-media agitators or people displaying slogans that celebrate killing members of an opposing gang.

We are calling on Frankie Lemus, Rudy Campos, North Bay Showtime Inc., the Rohnert Park Community Center and the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety to take immediate precautions.

There must be a visible law-enforcement and professional-security presence. Bathrooms, parking areas and exits must be monitored. Alcohol-related problems must be addressed immediately. Weapons must be prohibited, and anyone attempting to provoke violence or display threatening gang-related clothing, symbols or merchandise should be removed before a confrontation begins.

We are not calling for the event to be canceled. We are calling for organizers and authorities to take responsibility before someone is seriously injured or killed.

Lowrider culture belongs to families and the community. It should not be hijacked by gang politics, retaliation or influencers who generate attention by creating hostility.

Anyone attending Sunday should remain alert, keep children close, avoid responding to provocations and immediately notify security or police about weapons, threats, fights or escalating tensions.

We sincerely hope the promised safeguards are in place and that the event remains peaceful. We will be present, monitoring and documenting what occurs.

09/04/2026

THREE MEN ARRESTED IN GANG-MOTIVATED SHOOTING OUTSIDE THE ZOO, CRIMINAL HISTORIES STRETCH BACK DECADES

A month-long Santa Rosa Police investigation into a shooting outside The Zoo on Barham Avenue has resulted in the arrests of three men with histories involving violent crime, fi***rms and alleged Norteño gang activity.

The shooting occurred on August 3, 2026, at approximately 12:49 a.m. in the 500 block of Barham Avenue. Officers arrived and found an adult man suffering from a gunshot wound to his arm. Police applied a tourniquet before he was transported to a hospital. The victim survived and was later released.

According to Santa Rosa Police, the violence followed a verbal confrontation in the parking lot after several people exited the bar. Investigators allege a handgun was produced and the victim was shot. Police believe the incident was gang-motivated and involved people associated with rival criminal street gangs.

Investigators initially identified Edward Joseph Sciutto, 39, of Rohnert Park, as the suspected shooter. Sciutto was arrested later that morning during a high-risk traffic stop on Highway 101. Police subsequently searched a residence associated with him and reported recovering a loaded 9mm fi***rm and approximately half a pound of co***ne.

Sciutto’s documented connection to the Norteño criminal street gang and Santa Rosa’s NX4 subset stretches back more than two decades.

Court records from an earlier prosecution describe testimony from Santa Rosa gang investigators regarding Sciutto’s history. Police contacted him with known NX4 members as early as 2002, and in 2003 Sciutto acknowledged to California Youth Authority staff that he was an NX4 participant.

Investigators documented Norteño-related tattoos and symbols, including a huelga bird and references associated with the number 14. In 2005, a court ordered Sciutto to register as a gang participant. During a 2009 investigation, officers also reported finding Norteño clothing and drawings.

That history became particularly significant following a 2010 Santa Rosa gang-related confrontation that left one man dead and two other people stabbed.

Sciutto was originally prosecuted for murder but was acquitted of that charge. A jury instead convicted him of voluntary manslaughter, assault offenses and active participation in a criminal street gang. Gang enhancements were also found true. Sciutto admitted two prior prison terms and ultimately received a 20-year prison sentence.

The August 2026 investigation continued after Sciutto’s arrest and eventually led detectives to Jose Carlos Delpalacio, 39, of Santa Rosa, and Edgardo “Eddie” Tafoya, 41, of Windsor.

On September 3, detectives located Delpalacio inside an administrative office in the 2500 block of Corby Avenue and arrested him without incident. Police then executed a search warrant at his residence in the 1300 block of Stroven Lane.

Investigators reported recovering clothing and electronic evidence allegedly connected to the shooting, along with co***ne and materials commonly associated with packaging narcotics.

Delpalacio also has a substantial criminal record.

California appellate records show Delpalacio was previously convicted of burglary, assault with a fi***rm and being a felon in possession of a fi***rm following a 2011 Rohnert Park incident.

According to the appellate decision, Delpalacio forced his way into an apartment during the early morning hours, entered a bedroom and pointed a fi***rm at a man’s head. Police later recovered a loaded silver derringer.

Prosecutors alleged Delpalacio had two prior strikes, a prior serious felony and a prior prison conviction. The judge struck one of the prior strikes, but Delpalacio was ultimately sentenced to 28 years in state prison. His convictions were upheld on appeal.

Delpalacio was arrested again in September 2024 during a Healdsburg traffic stop. Police reported he was on parole and alleged officers discovered a loaded unserialized handgun, am******on and suspected fentanyl. Those 2024 allegations are separate from his confirmed earlier convictions.

The third suspect, Edgardo “Eddie” Tafoya, was arrested September 3 after detectives observed him leaving his apartment in the 60 block of Shiloh Road in Windsor. Officers detained him nearby, and investigators subsequently searched his apartment and reported recovering clothing and electronic evidence related to the shooting investigation.

Tafoya’s history with Sonoma County law enforcement reaches back more than two decades.

In 2003, when Tafoya was 18 and living in Santa Rosa, he became a suspect in the killing of 22-year-old Marc Anthony Morales in Rohnert Park.

Morales was shot in the chest following a confrontation at a party on Liman Way. Police alleged Morales confronted Tafoya over an attempted theft of his girlfriend’s vehicle. Investigators said Morales chased Tafoya before Tafoya turned and fired a gun, striking Morales in the chest.

Witnesses identified Tafoya as the gunman, according to contemporary reporting. Police recovered a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun nearby that investigators said had recently been fired.

Tafoya was subsequently charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Morales.

More than two decades later, Tafoya is once again accused in a case Santa Rosa Police describes as gang-related.

The gang connections surrounding the current investigation are also significant. Sciutto’s NX4/Norteño history is extensively documented in previous court proceedings, while Delpalacio and Tafoya have also been identified as having Norteño associations.

In the current case, Delpalacio and Tafoya were booked on allegations including assault with a fi***rm, active participation in a criminal street gang, committing a felony for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang, conspiracy and an allegation that a principal participant was armed with a fi***rm.

Delpalacio additionally faces an allegation of possessing co***ne for sale.

Three men are now behind bars as investigators continue piecing together what happened outside The Zoo during the early morning hours of August 3. Their histories span more than two decades of Sonoma County cases involving shootings, stabbings, fi***rms, prison sentences and alleged Norteño gang activity.

The current charges remain allegations. Sciutto, Delpalacio and Tafoya are presumed innocent of the new charges unless proven guilty in court.

Santa Rosa Police Department Case #26-8262

09/03/2026

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS SANTA ROSA AREA, RESIDENTS REPORT SUDDEN SHAKING

SANTA ROSA, CA, September 3, 2026: A noticeable jolt was felt by residents in the Santa Rosa area late Thursday morning, prompting immediate reports from people who said they felt an earthquake.

Reports began appearing around 10:35 to 10:40 a.m. Residents responding online described a short but noticeable movement. One wrote, “Felt that one.” Another said, “I felt that one,” while a third described it as “a jolt” and questioned why there had been no warning on their phone.

At the time of publication, an official magnitude, exact epicenter and depth for this morning’s shaking have not yet appeared in the earthquake information we can verify from the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS explains that initial earthquake information is generally produced shortly after an event, although processing and reporting can vary.

That means we are not going to guess a magnitude or epicenter. This story will be updated when official seismic data identifies the event.

The North Bay has experienced several small earthquakes recently. Recent activity has included earthquakes near Middletown, Cloverdale, Hidden Valley Lake and Cobb, areas where seismic activity is regularly recorded.

As for why some residents did not receive an earthquake alert on their phones, not every earthquake triggers a ShakeAlert warning. The absence of an alert does not mean an earthquake or noticeable shaking did not occur.

DID YOU FEEL IT?

If you felt the earthquake this morning, tell us where you were in Sonoma County, approximately what time you felt it and what it felt like. Was it one hard jolt? Did your windows rattle? Did anything move or fall?

We will update this story with the official magnitude, epicenter and depth as soon as that information is confirmed.

09/03/2026

REMEMBERING LT. BOBBY TRAVELSTEAD: THE OFFICER WHO EARNED RESPECT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE JAIL DOOR

This story is a little different from what we normally cover.

Recently, Sonoma County Crime & Creep Watch was contacted by a former colleague of Sonoma County Correctional Lieutenant Robert “Bobby” Travelstead, asking us to remember a man whose End of Watch came five years ago this week, on September 1, 2021.

What stood out to us wasn’t simply that his former colleague remembered him. It was how he remembered him.

He described an officer who could walk into a tense situation inside the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility and often calm things down before they became something bigger. Someone who knew how to give an order without unnecessarily humiliating the person receiving it. Someone who understood that maintaining control inside a jail didn’t require treating the people incarcerated there as less than human.

That personal account adds another side to a career that, according to official records, was already remarkable.

Robert “Bobby” Travelstead was only 40 years old when he died on September 1, 2021, from complications of COVID-19 after approximately five weeks battling the virus. His death was recognized as a line-of-duty death, the first experienced by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in 26 years.

But Travelstead’s story didn’t begin with the Sheriff’s Office.

Before wearing a Sonoma County uniform, he wore the uniform of the United States Navy.

Travelstead entered the Navy in 2001 and served until his honorable discharge in 2006. He was a Field Medical Corpsman with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and served in Southwest Asia during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He left the military as a decorated veteran.

Even before that, there was another side of Bobby. Born May 19, 1981, in Lufkin, Texas, he graduated from Galatia High School in Illinois in 1999 and attended Bethel University in Tennessee on a baseball scholarship. Years later, after making Sonoma County his home, he coached Windsor High School’s junior varsity baseball team, sharing a sport he had loved since childhood with another generation.

Then came his second career of public service.

Travelstead joined the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in June 2007 as a Correctional Deputy.

He didn’t remain in one assignment.

He worked in Classification, became a Field Training Officer and served in Pretrial Services. In 2014, after only seven years with the department, he was promoted to Correctional Sergeant. As a sergeant, he supervised personnel at the Main Adult Detention Facility, North County Detention Facility and Pretrial Services.

And the former colleague who contacted us remembered something else correctly: Travelstead was part of SERT.

Official Sheriff’s Office records say Travelstead spent 10 years serving as both a deputy and sergeant on the SERT team, something the department said he was exceptionally proud of.

In 2019, only 12 years after beginning as a correctional deputy, Travelstead was promoted again, this time to Correctional Lieutenant, and became a Watch Commander at the Main Adult Detention Facility in Santa Rosa.

He also remained involved in training other officers. He served the Field Training Officer program as both a sergeant and lieutenant, with the Sheriff’s Office crediting him with helping shape the future of its Detention Division.

Travelstead was also heavily involved with the department’s Peer Support Program, helping fellow employees deal with the pressures that come with the profession. The Sheriff’s Office remembered his personality and sincerity as qualities that made him both a well-liked coworker and respected leader.

But official personnel records can’t necessarily tell you what someone was like when the doors closed and they were standing face-to-face with people incarcerated inside a jail.

That’s where the recollections shared with us matter.

According to his former colleague, Travelstead developed an unusual amount of trust with inmates. He knew when firmness was necessary, but he also knew how to talk to people. He could de-escalate situations before they got out of control, and he didn’t believe doing his job required dehumanizing the men and women in custody.

The former colleague recalled that Travelstead’s relationship with inmates was sometimes close enough that coworkers would jokingly describe him as “inmate friendly.”

But the description wasn’t that he was soft or ignored his responsibilities.

Quite the opposite.

He took the job seriously. He expected inmates to follow orders. But he understood that respect could sometimes accomplish what yelling, intimidation or force couldn’t.

That’s an important distinction.

Correctional officers work in an environment most people will never experience. They deal with fights, mental-health crises, people under the influence, people experiencing some of the worst moments of their lives and individuals who can become dangerous with very little warning.

Being respected in that environment isn’t necessarily the same as being liked.

That’s why what we were told about Travelstead caught our attention.

It’s not unusual for an officer who dies to be remembered by fellow officers.

It’s much more unusual to hear that the officer was also remembered and respected by the people he once supervised from the other side of a locked jail door.

On September 1, 2021, Travelstead died at a local hospital from complications related to COVID-19. He was 40 years old and had served the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office for 14 years. The Officer Down Memorial Page records that he contracted COVID-19 while serving as Watch Commander at the Main Adult Detention Facility.

His death hit the department hard.

Governor Gavin Newsom ordered flags at the State Capitol flown at half-staff in Travelstead’s honor and recognized both his military service and his service to Sonoma County.

His family later laid him to rest with military honors at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon.

Travelstead left behind his two daughters, Kaylie and Kiana, as well as three siblings.

In May 2022, his family and members of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard traveled to Washington, D.C., where his name was honored at the National Peace Officers Memorial alongside other officers who died in the line of duty.

Five years have now passed since his death.

We didn’t know Bobby Travelstead personally, and we’re not going to pretend that we did.

But someone who worked beside him did.

That person reached out because five years later, he still believed Bobby’s story deserved to be told.

And after looking into his life, we agree.

A Navy corpsman. A decorated veteran. A correctional deputy. A member of SERT. A field training officer. A sergeant. A lieutenant. A watch commander. A peer-support leader. A baseball coach. A father of two daughters.

And according to someone who worked alongside him, an officer who understood something that can easily be forgotten inside a correctional facility: the uniform gives you authority, but the way you treat people earns you respect.

You can enforce rules and still recognize someone’s humanity.

You can maintain order without unnecessarily humiliating someone.

And sometimes the officer who can calm a room down without using force is showing just as much strength as the officer prepared to use it.

Five years later, Lieutenant Robert “Bobby” Travelstead is still being remembered by the people who worked beside him and, according to the recollections shared with us, by some of the people he once supervised.

For an officer who spent his career behind walls most of the public never sees, perhaps that’s one of the strongest legacies he could have left behind.

END OF WATCH: SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Rest in peace, Lieutenant Robert “Bobby” Travelstead. Thank you for serving your country and Sonoma County.

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