Dispatch log

Scotts Valley Police Department
**July 17
Someone stole a 62-year-old man’s guitar and amplifier from an unlocked garage on the 100 block of Baja Sol Court at noon.
**July 16
A 44-year-old man was arrested at 11:44 p.m. on the 900 Block of Disc Drive after he showed a knife to officers and pointed lighter fluid and a lighter at them. The man would not listen to commands and was arrested.
**July 15
Two Apple iPods and a debit card were stolen at 1 a.m. from an unlocked vehicle on the corner of North Navarra Drive and Hilltop Way. Three fraudulent charges reportedly were made on the debit card’s account.
**Someone stole a 1996 Honda Civic from a driveway on the 700 block of North Navarra Drive at 1:30 a.m. after the keys were left in the driver’s-side door. The California Highway Patrol found the car July 19 in Felton.
**July 14
A case containing CDs and a school identification card were stolen from an 18-year-old man’s vehicle at 9 p.m. on the 400 block of Whispering Pines Drive.
**A 24-year-old man was cited for driving on a suspended license and possessing marijuana on Civic Center Drive at 1:06 p.m.
**July 13
A 63-year-old man and 41-year-old woman were arrested at 10:37 p.m. after they were caught allegedly trying to steal brass valves from an old water system on the 100 block of Orchard Run.
**July 12
A 21-year-old man in violation of his probation was arrested after he was found to be too intoxicated to care for himself at 1:54 a.m. on the 100 block of Southwood Drive. Officers found him when they responded to a family disturbance.
** Numerous instances of graffiti were found at 3:47 a.m. at a business at the intersection of Highway 17 and Granite Creek Road. The graffiti was abated by an officer.
**Police found a white powdery substance on the ground after a traffic stop at 11:27 p.m. at the corner of Scotts Valley Drive and Trammel Way. A 20-year-old man was arrested after he told officers it was his cocaine.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
**July 19
A woman reported at 8 a.m. that her laptop had been taken from her unlocked home on the 100 block of East Hilton Drive in Boulder Creek while she was at work the day before.
**July 16
A woman was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a stimulant at 12:33 p.m. on Highway 9 at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton.
**A woman was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public at 3:10 p.m. on the 100 block of Main Street in downtown Ben Lomond.
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