Dispatch Log

Scotts Valley Police Department
Nov. 1
**A 34-year-old woman’s laptop computer was stolen from her unlocked vehicle at 1:30 p.m. on the 200 block of Mount Hermon Road.
Nov. 3
**Methamphetamine and marijuana were found inside a woman’s purse while she sat in a vehicle with another person at 3:55 a.m. on the 100 block of Mount Hermon Road. She was arrested and booked into county jail.
**A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at 5:33 p.m. on the 200 block of Mount Hermon Road.
**A 21-year-old man was caught sitting in his vehicle with marijuana at 11:22 p.m. on the 6000 block of Scotts Valley Drive. After being arrested, he signed a promise to appear in court and was released.
Nov. 4
**Two men went into the grocery store on the 200 block of Mount Hermon Road and, among other items, stuffed multiple packs of batteries into their pants and left without paying. A store employee got their vehicle’s information, but witnesses didn’t recognize the shoplifters.
Nov. 5
**A man who might have been drunk knocked on the door of the wrong home on the 400 block of Sidesaddle Circle. He was found to have a warrant out for his arrest was booked into county jail at 12:13 a.m.
Nov. 6
**An officer could smell marijuana after speaking to two people sitting in a vehicle at 8:36 p.m. on the 200 block of Mount Hermon Road. The driver admitted to owning the marijuana and was cited.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
Nov. 8
**A man was arrested at 3:04 p.m. behind a grocery store on the 6200 block of Highway 9 in Felton on suspicion of being drunk in public.
Nov. 6
**A fence bordering a woman’s property on the 5300 block of Jackson Way in Felton was vandalized with black spray paint near midnight. The woman took pictures and replaced several boards where a black swastika had been painted.
**A man was arrested on suspicion of theft, and during the ensuing search, a billy club was found underneath the driver’s seat of his car at 11:21 p.m. on Sterling Drive in Scotts Valley. The man was out on bail for a pending felony case, and he was booked into jail.
Nov. 4
**A woman reported at 12:01 a.m. that two tires on her vehicle were slashed while it was parked in front of her home on the 300 block of Webster Drive in Ben Lomond.
**A Boulder Creek man on the 14000 block of Big Basin Way reported that someone made 15 unauthorized transactions using his checking account in the amount of $1,275.81.
Nov. 3
**During a probation search, a deputy took a urine sample from a woman on the 200 block of McKee Road, which tested positive for methamphetamines. The woman was arrested and taken to jail at 12:20 p.m.
Nov. 2
**Sculptures and power tools were reported as stolen at noon from a man’s home on the 1200 block of Scenic Drive in Felton. No suspects were identified.
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.