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A MAN WHO VIOLATED SANTA CRUZ LAW BY SMOKING WHILE ON PACIFIC AVENUE, IS IN BIGGER TROUBLE THAN JUST BEING GIVEN A CITATION. THAT’S BECAUSE 23 YEAR-OLD GREG BURROS REPORTEDLY GAVE OFFICERS A FAKE NAME, AS WELL AS HAVING HEROIN, PARAPHERNALIA, AND A KNIFE ON HIS PERSON AT the TIME.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL MOPPING UP AFTER A SLOW MOVING 2-ACRE FIRE BROKE OUT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 35 AND 9 YESTERDAY EVENING. THE WILDLAND BLAZE, WHICH NEVER THREATENED ANY STRUCTURES, WAS CALLED IN AROUND 5:30 LAST NIGHT. MORE THAN 100 FIREFIGHTERS, 4 AIR TANKERS, AND 1 HELICOPTER WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE; AND 4 ENGINES AND 2 FIRE CREWS ARE STILL ON-SCENE.
A WOMAN’S CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. THAT AFTER HER BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A CAR IN WESTERN GILROY. JOGGERS FOUND HER BODY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SANTA TERESA BOULEVARD AND THOMAS ROAD. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT the GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A 58 YEAR-OLD MAN AND A 47 YEAR-OLD WOMAN FACE 16 COUNTS OF IMMIGRATION FRAUD-RELATED CHARGES. ARMANDO GARCIA AND ELIZABETH ALCOCER WERE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY, MAIL FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. THE PAIR WERE REPORTEDLY RUNNING THEIR “BUSINESS”, “HELPING” UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY (AND OTHER PLACES) GET UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.
A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH “SUPPLYING THE ALCOHOL” THAT LED TO A DRUNKEN-DRIVING FATAL ACCIDENT. TIM McLAUGHLIN COULD FACE A YEAR IN JAIL (AND A 25 HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE), FOR SUPPLYING THE ALCOHOL THAT ALEXANDER WINN DRANK BEFORE HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE NEW YEAR’S DAY….KILLING HIS FRIEND ADAM ARIAS. McLAUGHLIN IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM NEXT MONTH.