Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Teen Stabbed for iPod

Also, a couple got caught stealing baby formula and a man threatened a jewelry store security guard.

Masked robbers accosted a teenager Tuesday night, robbing him of his iPod before stabbing him twice, Watsonville police reported.

The violence happend around 9:50 p.m. on the 100 block of Holly Drive.

The 14-year-old boy was stopped by four masked robbers. One stole his iPod, and another stabbed him twice, police said.

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The teen was treated for non life-threatening injuries and released from Watsonville Community Hospital.

The attack is the third stabbing in Watsonville in four days. Saturday night and . No arrests have been made and none of the injuries were life threatening.

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Watsonville Police Log, Tuesday, May 1

12:38 a.m.—A vandal smashed a car window on the 100 block of Jefferson Street.

10:08 a.m.—A man was arrested for threatening to kill the security guard at Plaza Jewelry, on the 100 block of West Lake Avenue. He also was violating his probation.

10:26 a.m.—A surveilance camera was stolen from the outside of a building on the 100 block of Brennan Street sometime since Saturday.

11:43 a.m.—Two men, ages 23 and 28, were arrested for trespassing on the 100 block of Main Street.

3:17 p.m.—A couple trying to steal baby formula from a store on the 1700 block of Main Street were arrested. The man, age 21, and woman, age 26, reportedly removed the security labels from several cannisters and hid the bottles in a purse.

4:15 p.m.—A thief stole items from a homeless campsite on the 100 block of Sakata Lane while the owner was in jail.

8:57 p.m.—A 30-year-old man waa arrested on a warrant on the 100 block of Jefferson Lane after he tried to run from police.


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