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2 SUSPECTS ARE BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A TUESDAY NIGHT ROBBING IN WATSONVILLE. THAT AFTER THEY HIT THEIR VICTIM WITH A SCREWDRIVER WHILE ROBBING HIM. THE 8:40 P.M. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 6TH STREET NEAR RODRIGUEZ STREET, AND THE SUSPECTS ARE SAID TO HAVE FLED IN A WHITE CAR WITH TINTED WINDOWS. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECTS IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE REPORTEDLY PEOPLE SELLING BOGUS MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN THE LIVE OAK AREA OF SANTA CRUZ. IN AT LEAST 1 CASE A WOMAN (WHO WAS GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR) SAID SHE WAS SELLING THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, SO SHE COULD EARN POINTS TOWARD A PRIZE (THAT WOULD HELP HER GO TO CHEF’S SCHOOL). WHEN THE company SHE WORKED FOR (INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SERVICE) WAS CHECKED OUT, IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS A FRAUD THAT “SELLS MAGAZINES” (THAT PURCHASERS NEVER RECEIVE).
AUTHORITIES HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE DONE TO A VAN PARKED ON BROMMER STREET SATURDAY WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY. THE FLAMES FROM THE ARSON FIRE WERE CONFINED TO THE 1 FULL-SIZED VAN. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT, OR ITS PERPETRATOR, IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRE, AT A HOLLISTER RECYCLING PLANT, IS NOW 90 PERCENT CONTAINED. THE FIRE HAS DONE MORE THAN 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE Eagle Recycling and Disposal facility on San Juan Road. THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A SANTA CRUZ TEENAGER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SPEND 16 YEARS-TO-LIFE IN PRISON, FOR THE OCTOBER 2008 KILLING OF ANOTHER TEEN. KNOWN NORTENO JONATHAN CARDENAS, WHO WAS A MINOR WHEN HE FATALLY STABBED 18 YEAR-OLD ROBBIE REYNOLDS IN A BEACH HILL MOTEL ROOM, WAS FOUND GUILTY LAST SPRING OF 2ND-DEGREE MURDER. CARDENAS TURNED HIMSELF IN A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE OCTOBER 8TH STABBING.