Police Blotter: Man Texts Deputies for Drugs

A man looking to score methamphetamine got himself arrested Sunday in Watonville, the Sheriff's Office reported.

Anthony Gabriel Tavara allegedly texted the number he had for his drug dealer, not knowing his source was dried up because the dealer had been arrested. The drug dealer's cell phone had been confiscated by sheriff's deputies so when the text message came in, a sergeant responded, posed as the drug dealer and set up a meet, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Tavara met with deputies—not his dealer—around 6:15 a.m. Sunday on the 200 block of Lee Road. He was arrested on suspicion of trying to purchase methamphetamine. Tavara got a citation and was released.

Sheriff's Office, Monday, Nov. 21

7 p.m.—A car burglar smashed a window on a vehicle and stole CDs, prescription glasses, a GPS and an iPod. The break-in happened in the apartments at 789 Green Valley Rd.

7:42 p.m.—A man texted his ex-wife several times, violating a restraining order. Deputies went to his Corralitos View Road home to arrest him but he wasn't there.

10:53 p.m.—Karl Vincent Strumpf was arrested fighting with family members in a driveway on the 1100 block of Green Valley Road. He was arrested for being drunk in public.

Sunday, Nov. 20

12:06 a.m.—Deputies stopped a car with expired registration and arrested a wanted parolee Carlton Road. The parolee also gave deputies a fake name and was arrested for possesing methamphetamine and a pipe. The drive was arrested for having methamphetamine and marijuana that was packaged to sell. He also was on drugs, deputies reported. Oscar Vazquez and Nicholas Daniel Tzimbal went to jail.

12:30 p.m.—A home was burglarized on the 1400 block of Green Valley Road. Thieves took $2,100 worth of electronics and baby clothes.

Also, on Sunday night, a man with gunshot wounds to both legs showed up at a stranger's house asking for help, the Salinas Californian reported. The 23-year-old went to a home on Marigold Avenue, near Holohan and Green Valley roads, where deputies and Watsonville police responded.

Saturday, Nov. 19

12:02 p.m.—Paul Anthony Garcia was riding his bike illegally on the sidewalk of Freedom Boulevard. He was high on drugs and had tools commonly used for burglaries. Garcia was arrested.

3:23 p.m.—Salvador Rocha, who is on parole, was arrested for being high on drugs. He was picked up on the 200 block of Cambridge Drive.

Friday, Nov. 18

7:30 a.m.—A car burglar stole a DVD/FM/AM radio with a flip screen from a vehicle parked on the 500 block of Judd Street.

12:52 p.m.—Deputies chased burglary suspects leaving a house on Dick Phelps Road. After the car stopped, the passenger tried to run but was caught. Juan Carlos Anaya-Rocha and Humberto Martinez were arrested. Most of the stolen property was recovered. Then, on Sunday, deputies found more stolen property at Martinez's Crissarra Drive home and a Slim Jim was discovered in the trunk of a car.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

8 a.m.—A burglar used a rock to smash a window on a Browns Valley Road home in Corralitos.

Watsonville Police Log, Monday, Nov. 21

6:12 a.m.—Vandals broke a window on a Hangar Way business, causing $300 damage.

9:54 a.m.—Overnight, burglars got into an Aviation Way business through a window and stole items.

2 p.m.—Noe Hernandez, 27, was arrested for drug possession on the 300 block of Main Street.

3:22 p.m.—Two robbers stole a backpack from a man riding his bike on the 100 block of Riverside Drive.