A BENECIA MAN WAS ARRESTED IN MONTEREY COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED VEHICLE THEFT, VANDALISM, AND BURGLARY. DEPUTIES ARRIVED AROUND 7:30 ON HIGHWAY 1 NEAR BIG SUR FOLLOWING A REPORT OF A VEHICLE BURGLARY. A CAR WAS FOUND WITH A SMASHED WINDOW AND SEVERAL ITEMS MISSING. SHORTLY AFTER, 28-YEAR-OLD OSCAR MENDEZ ZARATE WAS SPOTTED NEARBY IN A SUSPECT VEHICLE THAT MATCHED THE VICTIMS’ DESCRIPTION. ZARATE ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. HE WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
