HOME INVASION/ROBBERY SC 2/20/13 4:00p DMF

FOLLOWING THREE VIOLENT CRIMES IN SANTA CRUZ INCLUDING A HOMICIDE, TWO ARMED MASKED MEN BROKE INTO A HOME ON POPLAR STREET.  THIS MORNING’S INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 A.M. AND THE MASKED MEN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF TYING UP A MOTHER AND FATHER, WHEN A SUSPECT ATTACKED A CHILD.  THE PARENTS RETALIATED AND WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE A SUSPECT, WHILE THE OTHER FLED THE SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.