SCHOOL BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED 12/10/12 6:00a DMF

A WATSONVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY ON SUSPICION OF BURGLARY AT THREE PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUSES. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF’S DEPUTY APRIL SKALLAND, 31 YEAR OLD JAIME MENDOZA WAS ARRESTED AT 9 A.M. AT HIS MAGNOLIA DRIVE HOME. BACK IN NOVEMBER, DEPUTIES INVESTIGATED A STRING OF BURGLARIES AT MAR VISTA ELEMENTARY IN APTOS, BRADLEY ELEMENTARY IN CORRALITOS AND LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THE CRIMES TOOK PLACE. INVESTIGATORS MANAGED TO TURN UP ENOUGH EVIDENCE AT THE SITES, INCLUDING FINGERPRINTS TO MAKE A BREAKTHROUGH. MENDOZA WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND IS CURRENTLY ON PROBATION IN MONTEREY COUNTY.