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A 30 YEAR-OLD GILROY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED. LAMAR JAMES LUCERO IS ACCUSED OF HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A 16 YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE GIRL. LUCERO, WHO IS SAID TO HAVE MANIPULATED AND FORCED HIS VICTIM TO PERFORM VARIOUS SEX ACTS, FACES POSSIBLE CHARGES OF RAPE, UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE INTERACTIONS. HE WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL.
A MAN, WHO ALLEGEDLY RAPED A WOMAN AT A MOSS LANDING BUSINESS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THAT AFTER ALEX DZURO TURNED HIMSELF IN. HE HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL. REPORTEDLY, DZURO AND THE WOMAN KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE THE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING INCIDENT.
In an effort to reduce violence this year, Santa Cruz City council members approved extra funding to increase public safety on Halloween. The unanimous vote yesterday makes $60,000 available this year compared to the $40,000 utilized last year. The extra $20,000 will be given to the California Highway Patrol, who will be charging for it’s services this year for providing it’s officers as backup. Last year, 64 arrests were made and over 50-citations were issued, mostly related to alcohol use.
A suspect who broke into a Moss Landing business and raped a woman yesterday morning is being sought. Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies are searching for the suspect, 26-year old Alex Dzuro, who reportedly entered the Sandholt Road business through a rear window at around 3 a.m. Dzuro is described as a white male, about 6-feet-tall, weighing 150 pounds. Deputies say nothing was taken from the business or the victim.
Fire crews from Monterey County responded last night to a vegetation fire that broke out in Andrew Molera State Park. Nearly 70 fire fighters arrived to the park, which is about 13-miles north of Big Sur, to contain the 5 acre blaze. No structures wer threatened and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.