Dispatch log

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
Aug. 3
Twelve cases of water were stolen from a pallet outside the back of a store on the 6200 block of Graham Hill Road in Felton. Someone put the cases of water in a vehicle and drove off.
Aug. 2
A man stole a bottle of whiskey from a store on the 6200 block of Graham Hill Road in Felton at 11:10 p.m. The man resisted officers, and they used a Taser to subdue him. According to the police report, the man made verbal threats against the officers, kicked a patrol car and spit repeatedly.
Aug. 1
During a parole search, a man was found under the influence of methamphetamine and in possession of drug paraphernalia, violating his parole at 12:15 a.m. on the 100 block of Shadowbrook Lane in Ben Lomond.
July 29
An unlocked bicycle was stolen from the 9400 block of Mill Street in Ben Lomond at 2:30 p.m.
July 28
A woman driving southbound on Highway 17 near Vine Hill School Road in Scotts Valley was bumped three times by a male driver who also tried to run her vehicle into the center divide at 2:30 p.m. The woman was later shown a photo of the vehicle, which she identified as the one belonging to the man who bumped her.
A ring was found, identified and returned to the owner at 2:15 p.m. on the 11600 block of Highway 9 in Brookdale.
During the night, all four doors on a car were dented and the paint was scratched. Footprints were found in the dust and on the car on Lazy Woods Road in Felton.
A briefcase and an amplifier were stolen at midnight from an unlocked vehicle on the 5300 block of Plateau Drive in Felton.
A party with underage drinking was broken up at a man’s cabin on the 1500 block of McClellan Road in Felton at 10:54 p.m. after the man asked the woman hosting the shindig to shut the party down.
July 25
Someone took money from a man’s unlocked hotel room at 3:04 p.m. on the 9700 block of Highway 9 in Ben Lomond.
July 21
A man interrupted two men who were taking tools from his property at 1:15 p.m. on the 26800 block of Highway 9 in Boulder Creek. The men fled in a truck, and the man followed them on a motorcycle. Then the driver of the truck swerved and struck the pursuing property owner.
Scotts Valley Police Department
July 31
Two young people in possession of alcohol were arrested and referred to a diversion program at 9:15 p.m. at a grocery store on the 200 block of Mt. Hermon Road.
July 30
Someone entered a business through a rear window and stole cash from a register at 6:30 p.m. on the 5200 block of Scotts Valley Drive.
A vehicle was struck by a deer on Scotts Valley Drive at 7:08 a.m.
July 28
A signpost on the 200 block of Mt. Hermon Road was damaged by a driver at 7:15 a.m. The driver did not leave a note.
July 27
A young person and a 20-year-old woman were in a fight that resulted in minor injuries at 8:43 p.m. on the corner of Cathy Lane and Civic Center Drive. Both wished to pursue battery charges.
This column includes items reported in the Scotts Valley Police Department and Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher logs and records of the California Highway Patrol and area fire departments. Additional information may be based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies.