Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Portable Toilet, Heartburn Medicine, Beer All Stolen This Weekend
Also, a vandal was arrested early Monday after he allegedly broke the windshield wipers off several cars.
Watsonville Police Log
Monday, Oct. 7
Vandalism: A man broke the windshield wipers on several vehicles parked on Rockins Lane just after midnight.
Assault: A 37-year-old man was arrested for assault and a parole hold after he allegedly choked another man. It happened around 1 a.m. on the 100 block of West Beach Street.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Theft: A portable toilet was stolen from Lankmark Elementary School on Ohlone Parkway overnight. The potty had been rented for a youth soccer league.
Shoplifting: A 49-year-old woman stole heartburn medicine from Kmart. She was caught and ticketed. No word on what that did to her heartburn.
Theft: An air compressor was stolen from the front yard of Joyce Street home during the afternoon.
Shoplifting: A man stole two 18-packs of beer from the 7-Eleven on Airport Boulevard around 10 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5
Threats: A man was arrested for keeping a man in a bedroom against his will and threatening to kill him. It happened just after midnight on the 100 block of Loughead Street.
DUI: A man was arrested after police caught him driving on the wrong side of the road near Airport and Freedom boulevards around 2:20 a.m.
DUI: A man was arrested for methamphetamine possession when he was pulled over on Stanford and Roosevelt streets around 8:20 a.m.
Weapons: A teenager in a heated argument with a parent threw a knife and nearly struck the parent. It happened at a home on Hollowview Lane and the teen was arrested.
Restraining Order: A woman banned from going to her workplace was caught there Saturday morning and arrested.
Friday, Oct. 4
Shoplifting: A man was cited for stealing from Kmart around 10 a.m.
Theft: Two bikes were stolen from the 100 block of Eaton Avenue.
Embezzlement: A woman was detained at Kmart after being caught for her connection to thefts from the store.
DUI: A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after police pulled him over for speeding and driving erratically through a parking lot on Lincoln Street and Palm Avenue around 7:30 p.m.. He also had drug paraphernalia in the car.
Drugs: A man was arrested for having methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Main Street and Pacifica Boulevard around 11:10 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3
False Impersonation: A 38-year-old man gave police a fake name when he was stopped on the 100 block of Blackburn Street just before noon. He was arrested for a warrant.
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