Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Two 'Most Wanted' Arrested

Also, gang members arrested with stolen car and a woman is punched in the face as she walks to her door.

A Watsonville man wanted for forgery and drug use was remanded to jail by a judge on Thursday and a second wanted man was arrested in Northern California, the Sheriff's Office reported.

 He had three warrants, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Anthony Baldwin, a parolee-at-large who is affiliated with White Supremacy gangs, was arrested on Wednesday by Del Norte County sheriff's deputies. 

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Watsonville Police Log, Sunday, April 1

12:45 a.m.—A 20-year-old man a was arrested for DUI after he drove his car into a fire hydrant on Winding Way at Pennsylvania Drive. He also had drugs with him.

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7:47 p.m.—A 51-year-old man was caught injecting himself in his pelvic region, then swallowing the remaining contents of the syringe. Officers had been called to 307 Rodriguez St. for a report of drug activity. The man was arrested.

9:19 p.m.—A 29-year-old man was arrested for being drunk in public on Main Street and Clifford Avenue.

9:29 p.m.—A 27-year-old man was arrested for shoplifting from Kmart on the 1700 block of Freedom Boulevard.

10:42 p.m.—A 33-year-old man was arrested for public intoxication on the 1100 block of Main Street.

Saturday, March 31

4:24 p.m.—A 27-year-old man was arrested for heroin possession and violating his probation on the 400 block of Rodriguez Street.

7:17 p.m.—A man was arrested for having heroin behind an auto parts store on the 300 block of Rodriguez Street.

11:39 p.m.—A man was arrested for being drunk in public on the 100 block of East Front Street.

Friday, March 30

3:13 a.m.—Four adults were arrested when cops pulled over a car on Silver Leaf Drive and Green Valley Road and discovered open containers of alcohol, crystal methamphetamine and illegal weapons.

11:38 a.m.—A 25-year-old man was arrested on two warrants after he was pulled over for traffic violations on Main Street near Crossroads Square.

12:53 p.m.—Four spinners were stolen from the rims of a vehicle on the 100 block of Landis Drive. Also stolen were chrome air caps from the tire valves.

2:34 p.m.—A bike was stolen from a carport on the 100 block of Blanca Lane. The bike wasn't locked.

2:41 p.m.—A 20-year-old man turned himself in on a warrant.

5:37 p.m.—A 39-year-old man was arrested for being drunk in public on Brewington and Montecito avenues.

8:26 p.m.—Two men punched a 23-year-old woman in the face as she was walking to her backdoor on the 100 block of Park Way. They ran away and weren't caught.

11:15 p.m.—A man was arrested at a restaurant for violating his parole by hanging out with other gang members. Another man was arrested there—on the 1200 block of Main Street—for a warrant.

Thursday, March 29

1:59 p.m.—A 14-year-old was arrested for vandalism and ahving a spray can on the 700 block of Vista Montana Drive.

2:31 p.m.—A woman was pulled over for a vehicle code violation and had a misdemeanor warrant. She was ticketed on South Green Valley Road east of Pennsylvania Avenue.

5:39 p.m.—A man intentionally rammed his Ford sport utility vehicle into her car and threatened to kill her after a disturbance on Bridge Street and Hushbeck Avenue.

Wednesday, March 28

12:45 a.m.–A 33-year-old man was pulled over for drifting back and forth across Freedom Boulevard near Mariposa Avenue. He was arrested for DUI. Officers said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.17. The legal limit is 0.08.

8:13 a.m.—A 52-year-old man was arrested for two misdemeanor warrants on the 400 block of Rodriguez Street.

6:15 p.m.—A 20-year-old man got a ticket for having a switchblade knife on Crestview Drive and Madison Street.

6:51 p.m.—A 25-year-old man was arrested for shoplifting from CVS on the 400 block of Rodriguez Street.

8:45 p.m.—A vandal broke the windshield and antenna of a vehicle using two bricks. It happened on the 600 block of Brewington Avenue.

9:36 p.m.—A 43-year-old woman was arrested for trespassing and having drug paraphernalia on the 300 block of Second Street.

Sheriff's Office Log, Sunday, April 1

11:13 p.m.—A drunk man disturbing the peace on the 200 block of Hames Road was arrested.

Friday, March 30

A man was arrested on a no-bail felony warrant after he was pulled over on East Lake Avenue at Casserly Road.

Another wanted man was arrested on the 100 block of Ponderosa Avenue for a Santa Clara County warrant.

3 p.m.—Someone made harassing phone calls to a family on the 100 block of Shell Road.

Thursday, March 29

9:46 p.m.—Deputies recovered a stolen car before the owner knew it had been taken. Four people hanging out in a vehicle on Miller Road in a known gang area and deputies stopped to investigate. One was arrested for vehicle theft and gang participation; the vehicle was returned to its owner.

The above arrest information was provided by the Watsonville Police Department and the Sheriff's Office. It does not indicate a conviction.


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