Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Hefty Tax Return Check Stolen

Also, teenage boys smashed a window at a Watsonville school.

Monday, June 10
Drunk in Public: A 57-year-old woman was arrested on the 900 block of Main Street around 4 a.m.

Warrant Arrest: A 29-year-old man pulled over on Rodriguez and Second streets was ticketed for a warrant. 

Drug Paraphernalia: A 50-year-old woman on probation was caught with drug paraphernalia in her Berman Lane bedroom. She was ticketed.

Sunday, June 9
Drunk in Public: A 19-year-old man was arrested on the 100 block of Main Street just before 3 a.m.

Grand Theft: A woman's tax return check was stolen on the 100 block of West Fifth Street. Someone forged her signature and cashed the check, which was more than $950.

Drugs: A 47-year-old man was pulled over and allowed police to search his vehicle on Main Street near West Beach Street. Officers found a small amount of methamphetamine and a glass pipe. He was arrested.

Saturday, June 8
Burglary: A man was arrested for trying to break into a Sixth Street apartment through a window. He was also drunk.

Commercial Burglary: A burglar broke into a business on the 1900 block of Freedom Boulevard through a roof hatch overnight and stole the petty cash from the register. 

Warrant: A 25-year-old man stopped for a bike violation on West Riverside Drive at Rodriguez Street was ticketed for a warrant.

Restraining Order Violation: A 23-year-old man was arrested on the 100 block of Altamont Drive.

Petty Theft: A drill and a video game were stolen from a pawn shop on Main Street during the past two weeks.

Drugs: A 33-year-old woman was caught with multiple small packages of drugs in her car during a drug investigation. She also had drug paraphernalia and was arrested on the 100 block of East Beach Street.

Drug Paraphernalia: A 43-year-old man was arrested during a car stop on Hushbeck Avenue and Center Street.

Drug Possession: Several illegal narcotics were found in a car that was pulled over on South Green Valley Road and Harkins Slough Road for expired tags. The driver, a 45-year-old man, was arrested.

Vandalism: Teenage boys smashed a window at MacQuiddy Elementary School, on the 300 block of Martinelli Street, in the afternoon.

Drunk in Public: A sheriff's deputy stolled a 25-year-old man on the 100 block of Main Street and arrested him for being under the influence of drugs. 

Friday, June 7
Probation Violation: Two teens were arrested on the 200 block of East Lake Avenue.

Probation Violation: A 51-year-old woman was arrested on the 300 block of Arthur Road.

Warrant: A 31-year-old woman was ticketed for a misdemeanor warrant during a traffic stop on Riverside Drive and Marchant Street.

Assault: Two men, ages 21 and 52, fought on the 300 block of Clifford Drive around 2 p.m. the younger man kicked and punched the older man while he was down. Police said it was a mutual combat situation.

Weapons: A teenager stopped during the investigation of a possible robbery on the 200 block of Sudden Street ran from police around 5:30 p.m. He was caught and had an illegal knife with him. He was also violating his probation.


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