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UPDATE: Fugitive Friday: Capitola-Soquel, July 29

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Update, Dec. 13, 1 p.m.: Sandra Vanessa Casillas was arrested by the Watonville Police Department on Monday at 5:20 p.m.

Here's a look at this week's most-wanted in Santa Cruz County.

CAPITOLA POLICE
Sandra Vanessa Casillas
AGE: 25
DESCRIPTION: 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
HOME: Watsonville
WARRANT: Grand theft. She failed to follow the court's rules after her theft conviction. She also has two other warrants.

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SANTA CRUZ POLICE
Thomas Delfino
AGE: 44
DESCRIPTION: 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
HOME: Santa Cruz
WARRANT: Possessing drugs for sale. He was put on probation for possessing drugs for sale conviction but failed to comply with the terms of probation. He now has two felony warrants.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Rodolfo Garnica
AGE: 42
DESCRIPTION: 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 230 pounds with black hair and brown eyes
HOME: Watsonville
WARRANT: Failure to register as a sex offender. Garnica was convicted of child molestation and served just short of a year in county jail. However, he didn't report to the probation department when he was released. 

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WATSONVILLE POLICE
Jesus Oscar Almeida

AGE: 19
DESCRIPTION: 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 145 pounds with black hair and brown eyes
HOME: Watsonville
WARRANT: Domestic violence and assault. Police said he went to his ex-girlfriend's apartment on July 16, waited for her to arrive, then attacked her in the stairwell and forced her to his car in the parking lot. Almeida allegedly punched her in the face and forced her into the car. She continued to fight him off until someone came to her aid. Almeida fled as police arrived. Then, Wednesday, he allegedly stabbed his ex's new boyfriend at the same apartment complex. 

SCOTTS VALLEY POLICE
Marvin Banks
AGE: 26
DESCRIPTION: 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 245 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
HOME: San Jose
WARRANT: Auto Theft. Banks was pulled over and ticketed in December 2010. The car was towed, and later, police learned the car he was driving had been stolen. 


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