Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
July 25
• A ring was reported stolen from a home on the 3000 block of Bean Creek Road in Scotts Valley.
• A woman told deputies that her daughter had carjacked her earlier in the day. The California Highway Patrol found the vehicle and arrested the daughter at 7 p.m. on the 17700 block of China Grade Road in Boulder Creek.
• Generators and a motorized skateboard were stolen from a man’s basement at 9 a.m. on the 700 block of Blue Ridge Drive in Boulder Creek.
July 23
• Someone threw a flagstone through a glass front door of a mini mart on the 1400 block of Graham Hill Road in Felton. A bottle of tequila was reported missing at 4:24 a.m.
• A woman on the 300 block of Riverview Avenue in Boulder Creek discovered one of her baby goats hanging in her chicken coop.
July 22
• A man and a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle with its identification number ground away and the ignition tampered with was found by deputies in Boulder Creek at 7:01 a.m. The man was arrested on warrants, and the bike had been reported stolen.
• Someone used a rock to break the window of the Brookdale Lodge, then entered and took the safe at 11:40 a.m. on the 11500 block of Highway 9 in Brookdale. More than $500 was inside the safe when it was taken.
July 21
• A man who is not allowed to have pornographic material or have Internet access was found with two pornographic videos, access to the Internet and 2.4 grams of black tar heroin with drug paraphernalia during a probation search at 7:33 a.m. on the 100 block of Lorenzo Avenue in Ben Lomond.
July 20
• Building materials were stolen from property on the 100 block of West Drive in Felton at 3:08 p.m.
• Day laborers in front of a business on the corner of Graham Hill and Roaring Camp roads in Felton allegedly punched a man in the face multiple times at 5:11 p.m. after accusing him of taking all the work.
July 18
• A woman took items from the hardware store on the 13100 block of Central Avenue without paying for them at 12:43 p.m.
July 17
• A lock was cut and a motor that was attached to a boat was taken at midnight on the 4900 block of Highway 9 in Felton.
July 16
• Someone cut a padlock and took items from inside a building at midnight on the 100 block of Glenwood Cutoff in Scotts Valley.
• A real estate agent’s master key box was taken from a woman’s vehicle at 2:48 p.m. on the 300 block of Redwood Drive in Boulder Creek.
July 14
• Ten to 15 two-way radios, batteries, two digital cameras, a hard drive, a DVD burner and about 50 music CDs were stolen from a man’s locked vehicle at 3:11 p.m. on the 4500 block of Highway 9 in Felton.
Scotts Valley Police Department
July 27
• A young person was arrested and released to her parents after she was seen stumbling away from a party at 12:03 a.m. on the corner of Glen Canyon Road and Oak Creek Boulevard. The girl was too intoxicated to care for her own safety.
• A girl was found passed out on a bed at a party on the 100 block of Sunridge Court at 1:02 a.m. The party was broken up after a neighbor complained of noise at the residence. A 20-year-old man was hosting a party while his parents were away.
July 25
• A 20-year-old woman in possession of marijuana entered a market on the 100 block of Victor Square, drank a beverage from the shelf and threw away the can in the restroom trash without paying for it at 4:03 p.m.
July 24
• A 62-year-old woman said someone used her bank card information to buy $1,094.68 worth of groceries.
July 23
• A young man was caught walking out of a store on the 100 block of Victor Square with a stolen Bic lighter in his pocket at 12:30 p.m. The store wished to pursue charges.
• Two car windows were smashed on the 1600 block of Green Hills Road at 8:30 a.m., and items taken.
• A metal gate and its lock hardware were found bent at midnight on the corner of South Navarra Drive and Green Hills Road.
July 22
• A vehicle was stolen from an auto repair shop at 3:10 p.m. on the 500 block of Scotts Valley Drive.
• A 63-year-old man grabbed his wife’s wrist and forcefully took her cell phone and smashed it, bruising her in the process.
July 20
• Someone painted graffiti with yellow paint on a school building at 3:30 p.m. on the 100 block of Bean Creek Road.
• 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.