Property found In Park
SALINAS—Officers with the Salinas Police Department arrest two juveniles after they were caught drunk at a local park with evidence from a residential burglary.
On Friday August 22, at 11:40 pm, officers were dispatched to a home on the 1100 block of Cheshire Way to take a report of a burglary. A neighbor witnessed what happened, but could not provide a very descriptive look of the suspect.
Later that night, at about 1:40 a.m., Salinas Police were summoned to the Safeway Store on Constitution Boulevard on a report that a group of juveniles had tried to steal some alcohol. The store is in walking distance of the Cheshire Way home. A security officer managed to detain one suspect, but he was able to break away and escape before police arrived.
After their burglary, the teens went to Safeway to steal liquor, and were almost caught there.
Apparently, the juveniles did manage to get some alcohol, because at about 7:15 Saturday morning, police received a call that there was an intoxicated juvenile causing a disturbance at a “pocket park” near the corner of Bradbury Street and Nantucket Boulevard. This location is also in walking distance of both the Safeway and burgled home.
As officers arrived, several subjects took the opportunity to run. A lengthy search was conducted and police captured a 15-year-old male and a 14-year-old male, but the other three suspects managed to avoid capture.
“The stolen property from the burglary on Cheshire Way was recovered under a play structure at the park.” Salinas Police Commander Sheldon Bryan wrote, “One the suspects in custody admitted to the burglary and the attempted theft from Safeway.”
The two suspects were transported and booked into the Monterey County Juvenile Hall on the burglary charges. The Salinas Police are still investigating this incident and are working on the identities of the other suspects.
