A SERIES OF ROBBERIES AROUND WATSONVILLE IN RECENT MONTHS TOOK A TURN TODAY, AS AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED TODAY THE ARRESTS OF SOME OF THE SUSPECTS. IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL BUSINESSES BEING ROBBED, WATSONVILLE POLICE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING 9-BURGLARIES FROM AREA SCHOOLS, THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST 2-MONTHS. AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARRESTED 27-YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE RESIDENT RICKY FAUSTINO SANTOS FOR ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING 8-OF-THE ROBBERIES. ALL OF THOSE INCIDENTS WERE AT SCHOOLS IN THE PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE ARREST, ANOTHER ROBBERY WAS REPORTED THIS MORNING, WHEN A LAPTOP WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM RADCLIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ADDITIONALLY, 2-PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR BURGLARIZING A SCHOOL IN SOQUEL ON WEDNESDAY.
