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Foot pursuit ends with arrest of Watsonville gang member

PHOTOS: Watsonville PD A known gang member in the Watsonville area has been arrested after leading police on a foot pursuit during a traffic stop on New Year’s Day. Officers

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Van thief unsuccessfully tries to run away

Photo: Kondzielaski under arrest A deputy with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office nabbed a van thief as outlined in this statement from their official Facebook page. “Friday night Deputy

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Suspect Arrested with Loaded Gun

Photo: confiscated gun The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office released this statement about the arrest of a suspect with a loaded gun. “Last night deputies were searching for 30-year-old Jeffrey

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Lewd acts with a child for over ten years leads to arrest

Photo: Luis Ortiz 59-year-old Soquel resident Luis Ortiz was arrested on October 31st “on more than a dozen counts of sexual assault and lewd acts with a child.” Apparently these

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Woman arrested for public intoxication allegedly threw bike into ocean

PHOTO: Santa Cruz Police SANTA CRUZ — A woman was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and vandalism after allegedly throwing a jump bike off West Cliff Drive near Cowells

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Woman sets various garbage fires during the night

Photo: Nataliya Zubrilina and her handiwork SANTA CRUZ – As if California needs any more fires – especially ones that are deliberately set. In the early morning of October 18th

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Two arrested after Live Oak coffee shop theft

PHOTOS: Santa Cruz County Sheriff LIVE OAK — Two individuals have been arrested in connection to an alleged coffee shop theft late last week. Police were contacted after a person later

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Two commercial burglars caught on film, one arrested

Photo: Jorge Garcia WATSONVILLE -Early on the morning of September 26 three men broke into Fatima’s Fine Jewelry on the 300 block of Main Street and stole items from the

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Transient suspect associated with a robbery nabbed

Photo: Joaquin Romero’s stash SANTA CRUZ – On the evening of September 22nd, an officer with the Santa Cruz Police Department “located Joaquin Romero, a suspect associated with a robbery.”

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Attempted burglary at 2:38 a.m. in Santa Cruz

Photo: Avila under arrest SANTA CRUZ – Early on the morning of September 12 (2:38 a.m.), while most of the community slept, a burglar prowled. Fortunately the Santa Cruz Police