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DRUG RUNNING FAILS S.S.

A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL INMATE, WHO WAS ALLOWED TO ATTEND A FAMILY FUNERAL, REPORTEDLY RETURNED TO THE JAILHOUSE 12 HOURS LATER, WITH A STASH OF DRUGS AND SYRINGES IN HIS STOMACH. 30 YEAR-OLD BOULDER CREEK RESIDENT JOSHUA ROBERTSON HAD BEEN IN JAIL SINCE OCTOBER 18TH , ON CHARGES OF SELLING AND TRANSPORTING HEROIN, AND RESISTING ARREST. WHEN HE ASKED TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL, DEPUTIES REPORTEDLY SUSPECTED HE PLANNED A DRUG RUN. WHEN ROBERTSON RETURNED FRIDAY NIGHT, HE WAS TAKEN TO DOMINICAN HOSPITAL, WHERE AN X-RAY WAS DONE, AND LAXATIVES (AND AN ENEMA) WERE USED. HE EXPELLED 17 GRAMS OF BLACK TAR HEROIN, 20 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND 4 HYPODERMIC SYRINGES. ROBERTSON WAS ALREADY FACING UP TO 12 YEARS IN STATE PRISON, PLUS 2 PAROLE VIOLATIONS. ADDITIONAL DRUG CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED THIS WEEK.

HATTON CANYON MANAGEMENT CHANGE vs

THE STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO GIVE CONTROL OF 130-ACRES OF HATTON CANYON TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA PARK DISTRICT. THE 2.8-MILE LONG CANYON PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 IN CARMEL, AND WOULD BE ADDED TO 32 ACRES ALREADY OWNED BY THE LOCAL PARK DISTRICT IN THE CANYON. IN A NOVEMBER 1ST MEETING, THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD INDICATED IT WOULD BE ?A WILLING RECIPIENT? OF THE LAND IF THE DETAILS CAN BE WORKED OUT.
ORIGINALLY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PURCHASED THE LAND IN 1956 IN PREPARATION FOR A POSSIBLE FREEWAY PROJECT. THAT PLAN WAS DROPPED, AND THE LAND WAS THEN REASSIGNED TO THE PARK SYSTEM.


MAN (ALLEGEDLY ON DRUGS) STABS DOG vs

A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MONDAY MORNING AT ABOUT 12 A.M. A SALINAS POLICE DETECTIVE ENCOUNTERED HIM RUNNING OUT OF SOME BUSHES ON HIGHWAY 101 (NEAR MAIN STREET). 45-YEAR-OLD MARK DOUBEK WAS MAKING BIZARRE STATEMENTS, AND ACTING IRRATIONALLY. SEVERAL OFFICERS ASSISTED IN TAKING HIM INTO CUSTODY, AFTER A TASER WAS FINALLY USED TO CONTROL HIM. WHEN ARRESTED DOUBEK WAS HOLDING A BLOODY KNIFE. HE LATER ADMITTED TO STABBING HIS DOG NAMED SADIE. OFFICERS FOUND SADIE STILL ALIVE IN A CULVERT NEAR NORTH MAIN STREET. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL VETERINARY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. DOUBEK WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, RESISTING/DISOBEYING OFFICERS, VIOLATION OF PROBATION, AND CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NAMED STORM-READY VS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL RECOGNIZE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AS "STORM-READY" ON WEDNESDAY. A CERTIFICATE WILL BE PRESENTED (SHOWING THE NEW DESIGNATION), AT THE COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES AUDITORIUM ON EMILINE AVENUE AT 2:15P.M. THE COUNTY (AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF SANTA CRUZ , WATSONVILLE, AND SOQUEL) MET RIGOROUS STANDARDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS STORM-READY, INCLUDING: ESTABLISHING A 24-HOUR OPERATIONS CENTER; CREATING A SYSTEM THAT MONITORS WEATHER CONDITIONS LOCALLY; DEVELOPING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS METHODS; CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SEMINARS; AND DEVELOPING A HAZARDOUS WEATHER PLAN.

REID CAUGHT VS

AUTHORITIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY CAUGHT A MAN THAT IS SUSPECTED OF ATTEMPTING MURDER THIS (YESTERDAY) MORNING. DEAN RAY REID ALLEGEDLY HIT HIS HOUSEMATE (A 31-YEAR-OLD WOMAN) ON THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER, THEN FLED IN HIS TRUCK. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THEIR GLENWOOD DRIVE HOME, AFTER WHICH THE VICTIM RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND ASKED NEIGHBORS TO CALL FOR HELP. SERGEANT MARIO SULAY OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID REID'S VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED LATER IN THE DAVENPORT AREA. 37-YEAR-OLD REID WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. HIS VICTIM MEANWHILE WAS EXPERIENCING PARALYSIS AS SHE RECOVERED FROM SURGERY IN A HOSPITAL I.C.U. UNIT.

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