Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Woman Shouted At, Pushed Following Road Rage Incident

Also, a man was busted for drugs when neighbors saw him smoking a pipe in his car and called police.





Watsonville Police Log
Wednesday, Sept. 4
Beer Theft: A man stole two 18-packs of beer from the 7-Eleven on Airport Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. 

Drugs: A man was arrested for having narcotics and drug paraphernalia after a passerby reported him smoking a pipe in a vehicle on Montabello Drive around 8:10 a.m. 

Vandalism: Two tires were slashed on a 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon parked on Western Drive overnight.

Burglary: Three teenage gang members were detained in connected with a car break-in on Quiet Meadow Drive around 11:40 a.m. 

Drugs: A man was arrested for having crystal methamphetamine, a pipe and violating his probation. It happened on the 1900 block of Freedom Boulevard around 9:40 a.m. 

Road Rage: A woman and a man got into it while driving on Freedom Boulevard. Both pulled their vehicles into the Kmart parking lot, where the man yelled racist remarks at her and pushed her. 

Vandalism: A vandal shattered rear passenger windows on a new car being displayed in a car lot on Main Street at Auto Center Drive. 

Drugs: A man was arrested for having narcotics. It happened Second Street. 

Public Intoxication: A man was arrested when police were called to a family disturbance on Madison Street around 8:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, Sept. 3
Vandalism: A vehicle was damaged on the 100 block of Westwind Court overnight. 

Burglary and Vandalism: A storage unit was broken into and a car stereo was stolen. It happened at a storage facility on the 100 block of Westgate Drive sometime in the past month. 

Knife possession: A teenager was cited for carrying a fixed-blade knife on Holly Drive and Loma Prieta Avenue around 8 p.m. He was released to a guardian.

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