California carjacking suspect arrested in Addison

A man facing carjacking charges in California was training to work at an Addison grocery store when he was arrested Friday, police said Saturday.

Officials from the Fremont, California, police department told Addison police Friday that Donis Rivas, 30, was possibly in the area and wanted for a carjacking that happened Monday, Addison Police Deputy Chief Brian Goss said.

Officers tracked the license plate of the car Rivas was driving and found him working at Carnicerias Jimenez, 240 W. Lake St., Goss said. In the days leading to Rivas' arrest, he was staying in Addison with friends, who are not facing charges, Goss said.

Rivas had not been officially hired at the grocery store and was there for just a few hours, Carnicerias Jimenez store manager Jim Demeas said.

"He was being trained so we could see what he knew, so we could process his hiring," Demeas said.

Employees were unaware Rivas was facing any charges, he said.

"We were surprised when the police came in," Demeas said. "We were totally blindsided by that."

Rivas will stay at the DuPage County jail charged as a fugitive from justice until he can be returned to Fremont, where he is charged with aggravated carjacking, Goss said.

The Fremont Police Department was not immediately available to comment.

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