2  MEN  HAVE  BEEN  ARRESTED  FOR  ALLEGEDLY  SEXUALLY  ASSAULTING  2  GIRLS  (AGE  13  AND  15).    21  YEAR-OLD  ERIC  ICHTERTZ,  AND  22  YEAR-OLD  CARL  RIGOR,  THEY  FACE  POSSIBLE CHARGES  OF  CHILD  MOLESTATION,   AND  LEWD  AND  LASCIVIOUS  ACTS  WITH  A  MINOR.     ANYONE  WITH  ANY  INFORMATION  ABOUT  THESE  CASES.  OR  EITHER  MAN,  IS  ENCOURAGED TO  CONTACT  THE  SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY  SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

A MAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT IN WATSONVILLE WHILE USING A PAYPHONE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THE SUSPECTS ARE STILL AT LARGE.   THE VICTIM WAS USING A PAYPHONE AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND WHITE STREET WHEN FOUR MEN APPROACHED HIM.    TWO OF THE SUSPECTS WERE ARMED, AND STOLE SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE VICTIM’S PERSON.    THE SUSPECTS THEN FLED IN A 4-DOOR HONDA ACCORD WITH A “MOINSTER” STICKER ON THE BACK WINDOW.   ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS ROBBERY IS ASKED TO CALL THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU AT 831-768-3352.

A TWO-CAR CRASH IN WATSONVILLE MONDAY NIGHT RESULTED IN MULTIPLE INJURIES AND ONE CAR GOING THROUGH A FENCE INTO A FRONT YARD.   CHARLES CAMPBELL WAS AT HOME AROUND 9 P-M WHEN A SILVER MAZDA CRASHED INTO HIS YARD AT 2305 FREEDOM BOULEVARD FOLLOWING A LEXUS SWERVING OUT OF A THIRD CARS WAY AND SMASHING INTO THE MAZDA.   THE CONDITION OF THE CRASH VICTIMS IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

SEVERAL AMERICAN ELMS SLATED TO BE CUT DOWN MAY STICK AROUND A LITTLE WHILE LONGER IF ARBORISTS DETERMINE BIRDS ARE NESTING IN THEM.   FOUR 100-YEAR-OLD ELMS LINING FIFTH STREET IN GILROY ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.   IN JUNE ARBORIST’S ARE SCHEDULED TO INSPECT THE TREES AND IF BIRDS LIVE IN THEM THEY WILL HOLD OFF AT LEAST UNTIL THE BIRDS MOVE ON.