Dispatch Log

Scotts Valley Police Department
Sept. 25
**The Scotts Valley Skate Park was closed for 72 hours after someone used spray paint and other marking tools to deface the park.
Sept. 23
**A truant student was found at 1:36 p.m. with tobacco products and paraphernalia on the 100 block of Azalea Lane. The student was taken back to school by officers and released to school officials.
Sept. 22
**A 40-year-old man on probation was arrested for violating his probation at 7:38 p.m. on the 4500 block of Scotts Valley Drive after he was found with drug paraphernalia in his vehicle. He also provided a urine sample that tested positive for amphetamines and methamphetamine.
**Police were unable to apprehend a 33-year-old man who was said to have purposely destroyed his brother’s windshield and then fled by vehicle at 1:15 a.m. on the 100 block of Purple Hills Court. The man’s license had been revoked several times, and his actions violated his probation in Alameda County.
Sept. 21
**Someone stole a 53-year-old man’s vehicle from his driveway at 5:30 a.m. on the 500 block of Estrella Drive.
**A man sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle parked in front of a fire hydrant at 11:29 p.m. was arrested and released with a misdemeanor citation after he was found to be wanted on two warrants. The vehicle was parked at Scotts Valley Drive and Bean Creek Road.
Sept. 19
**Someone broke into a couple’s home on the 100 block of Baja Sol Court at 8 a.m. and stole things from inside. Police determined that the burglary likely had been interrupted, because some items were left behind.
**A man approached a woman at 10:25 a.m. on the 3400 block of Glen Canyon Road and began to masturbate in front of her.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
Sept. 23
**A 49-year-old woman from Santa Cruz was arrested at midnight on Laurel Street in Felton, reportedly under the influence of a controlled substance and with drug paraphernalia. She also had an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
Sept. 20
**A 43-year-old man was arrested on an outstanding warrant after he was contacted at 1:50 a.m. during a trespassing investigation on Willowbrook Drive in Ben Lomond.
**A 32-year-old woman from Scotts Valley was arrested after a car stop at 4:43 p.m. on Mount Hermon Road at Highway 17 on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance and having drug paraphernalia.
Santa Cruz Police Department
Sept. 26
**A 36-year-old Boulder Creek man was arrested on suspicion of loitering in a public place with the intent to commit drug activity at 5:30 p.m. on the 100 block of Laurel Street in Santa Cruz. The man was in a Toyota 4-Runner with a 61-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of having methamphetamine, marijuana, drug packaging materials and a sickle in his vehicle.
This column includes items reported in dispatch logs of the listed agencies and records of the California Highway Patrol and area fire departments. Additional information may be based on reports from other agencies and officers. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty, and charges may have been added or dropped as of publication.