Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Indecent Exposure, Embezzlement and Assault with an Airsoft Gun
Information is provided by the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office and Capitola Police Department. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Jan. 8:
Disturbing the Peace: Three people were engaged in a verbal at Capitola Road and Heritage Lane at 10:43 p.m.
Public Intoxication: 200 block, Esplanade, 1:08 a.m.
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Public Intoxication: A male was arrested at 4771 Soquel Dr. at 8:45 p.m.
Jan. 7:
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Indecent Exposure/DUI: A male was arrested on the 1800 block of 41st Avenue, 8:01 p.m.
DUI: A male was arrested at 41st Avenua and Gross Road at 2:57 a.m.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon (not a firearm): A male was assaulted with an airsoft gun on the 2000 block of 41st Avenue at 10:35 p.m.
Embezzlement: A female was arrested on the 1800 block of 41st Avenue at 7:14 p.m.
Possession of Narcotics: A male was arrested for possessing heroin on the 1500 block of 41st Avenue at 9:55 p.m.
Public Intoxication: Authorities found a man passed out at Anna Jean Cummings Park in Soquel at 4:32 p.m. Whe he awoke, he fell on his face and was transported to Dominican Hospital to treat his laceration.
Jan. 6:
Armed Robbery: Two masked men near Dominican Hospital at 10:37 a.m.
Embezzlement: A Sears employee was arrested when it was found that he or she had stolen money from the cash register and short changed customers, pocketing the extra money.
Public Intoxication: A female was arrested at 41st Avenue and Reposa Avenue at 12:23 p.m.
Disturbing the Peace: A male was cited for using offensive words in public at the Capitola Mall at 4:07 p.m.
Disturbing the Peace: A male was cited for using offensive words in public at the Capitola Mall at 4:51 p.m.
Public Intoxication: A female was cited for being drunk at Dominican Hospital at 7:18 p.m.
Petty Theft/Carrying a Switchblade: A juvenile was arrested on the 4000 block of Capitola Road at 7:35 p.m.
Petty Theft: 1100 block, 41st Avenue, 2:50 p.m.
Petty Theft: 4000 block, Capitola Road, 5:32 p.m.
Jan. 5:
Vandalism under $1000: A juvenile male was arrested on the 1400 block of 41st Avenue at 4:14 p.m.
Threatening Crime with Intent to Terrorize/Resisting Police Officer: 1700 block, 44th Avenue, 7:14 p.m.
Petty Theft: Items were stolen from a car in the Capitola Mall parking lot at 12:20 p.m.
Jan. 4:
Petty Theft: A suspect grabbed an 18-pack of beer at the Quik Stop on Soquel Drive and left without paying at 7:42 p.m.
Vandalism under $1000: A flower pot was broken on the 400 block of Capitola Avenue at 12:58 a.m.
Jan. 3:
Driving while Addicted to Narcotics/Burglary/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: Two people were after a string of burglaries in Capitola and Watsonville.
Vandalism under $1000: 2000 block, Wharf Road, 2:02 a.m.
Petty Theft: 4000 block, Capitola Road, 3:21 p.m.
Petty Theft: a tool was stolen on the 1800 block, 41st Avenue, 10 a.m.
Petty Theft: 3500 block, Clares Street, 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 2:
Robbery: 1200 block, 41st Avenue, 11:29 a.m.
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