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AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED A FIRE IN A HOME IN SOUTHWEST GILROY. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT LONDON PLACE FIRE. THE DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ROOF AND MASTER BEDROOM OF the HOME.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE CALLING THE 5-ALARM BLAZE (THAT DESTROYED THE MAIN BUILDING AT A SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY) “SUSPICIOUS”. THE DANA AVENUE STRUCTURE HOUSED 19 CLASSROOMS, AND THE MERRITT TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY. A SCHOOL OFFICIAL SAYS THEIR INSURANCE WILL COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROSE GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING.
A 37 YEAR-OLD PRUNEDALE MAN WAS ARRESTED, AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY KICKED IN THE DOOR OF HIS EX-WIFE’S HOME OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. DANNY BLAYLOCK ALSO FIRED A SHOT INTO A HILLSIDE NEAR THE HOUSE, AND RAN HIS TRUCK THROUGH A FENCE THERE ON HIS WAY OUT. BLAYLOCK WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
A 52 YEAR-OLD SAN ARDO MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE SERIOUSLY INJURED HIS WIFE OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. ROBERT STOCKFELD WAS ON PROBATION WHEN HE SHOVED HIS WIFE BACKWARD INTO A WALL, CAUSING INJURIES INCLUDING INTERNAL BLEEDING. HE WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
JULY 4TH WENT BETTER IN the CITY OF WATSONVILLE THAN IN YEARS PAST. ONLY 16 FIREWORKS RELATED CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, (INSTEAD OF THE 100 ISSUED LAST YEAR), AND WATSONVILLE POLICE OFFICERS SAID THAT THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ALSO APPEARED TO BE WAAY DOWN THIS YEAR. THERE WERE ALSO NO MAJOR VIOLENT CRIMES REPORTED ON THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY.