Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Heroin Sales, Esplanade Fight and More

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

June 17:

Battery: A woman slapped another woman in the face at 5630 Soquel Drive and was arrested at 1:20 p.m.

Public Intoxication: 4400 block, Diamond Street, 12:24 p.m.

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Public Intoxication: A man was arrested at 914 41st Avenue at 12 a.m.

June 16:

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Battery: Esplanade, 1:53 a.m.

Assault with a Deadly Weapon (not a firearm): 3000 block, Capitola Road, 4:21 p.m.

Petty Theft: 800 block, Bay Avenue, 1:31 p.m.

June 15:

Heroin Possession for Sale: A male was arrested on the 3700 block of Brommer Street for possessing 15 bindles of heroin and prescription medication. He tried to flee the scene but was caught in a backyard in the neighborhood and was booked into county jail at 2:16 p.m.

Assault: 1400 block, 41st Avenue, 7:40 p.m.

Offensive Words in a Public Place: 4200 block, Sea Pines Court, 6:13 p.m.

Petty Theft: 1400 block, 41st Avenue, 4:41 p.m.

Petty Theft: 1400 block, 41st Avenue, 4:08 p.m.

Petty Theft: 4000 block, Capitola Road, 2:15 p.m.

Petty Theft: 4000 block, Capitola Road, 5:32 p.m.

June 14:

Assault with a Deadly Weapon: A person attempted an assault with a vehicle on the 300 block of Capitola Avenue at 1:05 p.m.

Vehicle Theft: Prospect Avenue and 49th Avenue, 11 p.m.

Petty Theft/Resisting Arrest: 4000 block, Capitola Road, 1:37 p.m.

Misrepresenting as Access Card Holder: 1700 block, 48th Avenue, 6:11 p.m.

June 13:

Petty Theft: 3300 block, Clares Street, 4:11 p.m.

Petty Theft: Someone stole a purse on the Esplanade at 9:25 p.m.

Petty Theft: A man was cited for shoplifting from Best Buy in Soquel at 5:45 p.m.

Petty Theft: 1400 block, 42nd Avenue, 1 a.m.

June 12: 

Public Intoxication: A male was arrested at Riverview Drive and the railroad tracks 2:07 p.m.

Petty Theft: 1400 block, 45th Avenue, 7:30 p.m.

June 11: 

Vandalism: An unknown subject spray painted the overpass at Wharf Road and northbound Highway 1 at 11:29 p.m.

**Questions about this blotter can be directed to jacob.bourne@patch.com.

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