Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Taser Chase, Battery and Petty Theft

Information is provided by the Capitola Police Department and Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. Arrests do not indicate convictions.

April 15:

Petty Theft: Two unknown suspects took food without paying from on Porter Street in Soquel at 4:44 p.m.

Defrauding an Innkeeper: 200 block, Esplanade, 2:18 a.m.

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April 13:

Battery: A man punched another man three times, causing swelling and bleeding at 2 p.m. at 483 Nicasio Way in Soquel. 

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April 11:

Assault with a Deadly Weapon/Trespassing/Resisting Arrest/Vandalism: . He hit an officer with a tree branch, a metal rod and a ladder and was Tasered three times. He was finally arrested at about 3 a.m. in the Soquel Knolls apartments. 

Robbery: by three masked men at 9:45 a.m.

Petty Theft: 1400 block, 41st Avenue, 2:57 p.m.

April 10:

Robbery: 1900 block, 41st Avenue, 10:24 a.m.

April 9:

Misrepresenting as Card Holder: 4400 block, Diamond Street, 5:26 p.m.

Petty Theft: 1100 block, 41st Avenue, 12:30 p.m.

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