2  TEENS  WERE  ARRESTED  IN  WATSONVILLE  OVER  THE  WEEKEND,   AFTER  THEY  WERE  SEEN  TRYING  TO  BREAK  INTO  MINTIE  WHITE  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL ON  THE  500  BLOCK  OF PALM AVENUE.   THE  15 AND  16 YEAR-OLD  BOYS  WERE  CARRYING  BURGLARY  TOOLS  WHEN  THEY  WERE  ARRESTED  BY  WATSONVILLE  POLICE  OFFICERS.  THE BOYS  FACE  POSSIBLE CHARGES  OF BURGLARY,  RESISTING ARREST,  POSSESSION  OF  BURGLARY  TOOLS,  AND  VIOLATION  OF  PROBATION.

POLICE  OFFICERS  WERE  ALREADY  ON  HEIGHTENED  AWARENESS  BECAUSE  OF  THE  RECENT  RASH  OF  SCHOOL  BURGLARIES  IN  WHICH  4  MINTIE  WHITE CLASSROOMS  WERE  VANDALIZED,  AND  MORE THAN 100  iPads AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN STOLEN  FROM SCHOOLS  THAT  ARE  IN  AND  AROUND  WATSONVILLE  AND  APTOS.

A MAN, WHO WAS THE VICTIM OF A ROBBERY AND STABBING SUNDAY NIGHT IN SALINAS, IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE ATTACK HAPPENED AS THE VICTIM WAS SURPRISED FROM BEHIND BY A PERSON DEMANDING MONEY. WHEN THE VICTIM CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE ANY MONEY, THE SUPECT BEGAN STABBING HIM THE SUSPECT THEN FLED THE SCENE OF THE MCGOWAN DRIVE INCIDENT. THE 5-FOOT 4-INCH TALL HISPANIC MAN IN HIS 20’S WAS REPORTEDLY WEARING A WHITE T-SHIRT AND BLACK JEANS AT THE TIME.

ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE, IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

A FORMER MATH TEACHER AT RANCHO JUSTO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN HOLLISTER, HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES. ROBERT LINCOLN IS ACCUSED OF HAVING RELATIONS WITH A 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT THAT HE MET WHILE EMPLOYED AT THE SCHOOL DURING 2009 TO 2011. THE ALLEGATIONS CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICE ON MAY 6^TH . AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE POLICE ARRESTED LINCOLN ON MAY 13^TH. HE WAS BOOKED ON SEVERAL CHARGES OF CHILD MOLESTATION. IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CASE, THEY ARE URGED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH DETECTIVE ROB BAUSINO OF THE GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

A  57  YEAR-OLD  MAN  SUFFERED  LIFE-THREATENING  INJURIES  IN  SANTA  CRUZ  THIS  MORNING,  WHEN  HE  WAS  TRAPPED  BETWEEN  A  TOW-TRUCK AND  HIS  R.V.     THE  INCIDENT  OCCURRED  SHORTLY  BEFORE  8:30  A-M,    NEAR  THE  INTERSECTION  OF  MARKET  AND  WATER  STREETS,  WHILE  HE  WAS  TRYING  TO JUMP  START  HIS  R.V.    HE  SUFFERED  SERIOUS INJURIES  TO HIS  ABDOMEN  AND  LOWER  EXTREMITIES,  AND  WAS  AIR-LIFTED  TO  A  BAY  AREA  TRAUMA  CENTER.

THE  TOW  TRUCK,    WHICH  WAS  REPORTEDLY  IN  “DRIVE”  WHEN  IT  SLID  FORWARD   (TRAPPING  THE  MAN),    HAD  TO  BE  MOVED  BACK  TO  FREE  HIM.