Police Blotter: Borrowed Car Stolen

A man allegedly sold a car he "borrowed" from a friend and is now suspected of vehicle theft and embezzlement, Watsonville police reported.

It's an odd case. Here's what police reported: Jose Pusencio borrowed the car and didn't return it at the agreed-upon time. He tried to sell the car and left it with the keys in it, parked and unattended on a street. Someone then took the car.

The crime was reported around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Watsonville Police Log, Wednesday, Aug. 3

2:13 a.m.—Burglars stole several items from a retail store on the 300 block of East Lake Avenue. The stolen goods were recovered later but no arrests were made.

5:09 a.m.—Thieves took copper wires from portable school classrooms on the 200 block of Brewington Avenue. The wire is worth more than $950.

5:58 a.m.—A burglar pried his way into on the 1900 block of Main Street.

8:20 a.m.—There were car burglaries on the 1900 block of Pajaro Lane and the 100 block of La Hacienda Street overnight.

12 p.m.—A vandal flattened tires on a van parked on the 100 block of Jefferson Street.

1:50 p.m.—Jose Rodriguez Gomez, 21, was arrested for allegedly trespassing at the Wells Fargo Bank on Main Street.

1:15 p.m.—Erik Hernandez-Cabrera, 35, was arrested driving on a suspended license and two warrants—for driving on a suspended license—on the 300 block of South Green Valley Road.

3:23 p.m.—A house on the 200 block of Sunnyhills Drive was burglarized.

3:27 p.m.—A vandal etched gang tags on a parked car on the 200 block of Green Valley Road.

4:19 p.m.—Charles Brown, 24, was jailed because he had a 12-inch knife in his pants pocket. He was arrested on Clifford and Melrose avenues.

4:29 p.m.—Roberto Ruiz was pulled over on Lawrence Avenue and Green Valley Road and arrested on two warrants.

Tuesday, Aug. 2

1:17 a.m.—David Brooke, 45, was arrested for possessing heroin and needles on the 1200 block of Main Street. Police said he was making a scene.

12:42 p.m.—Cesar Nieblas, 18, and Jose Zavala, 20, were arrested for possessing a stolen vehicle, gang participation and resisting arrest on the 100 block of Villa Street.

4:24 p.m.—Elena Berumen, 21, cut up another person's clothes. The incident was reported on the 100 block of Second Street.

5:35 p.m.—Vicente Bonilla was arrested on a warrant after police were called to his family's house for a disturbance. That happened on the 100 block of Union Street.

9:10 p.m.—Theresa Lusky shoplifted from a store on the 1000 block of Main Street. She was ticketed.

9:15 p.m.—A 17-year-old gang member was ticketed for violating his probation and sent him with his mom.